Approaching stealers devs: Summary & refused talks

Consider this the end of a series that lasted a few weeks. I tried to contact almost everyone related to the infostealer ecosystem, that I find relevant and interesting based on my thoughts. I hope this series helps people understand better what is happening on the malware threat landscape.

Everyone was “approached” the same way, and was asked common and personalized questions:

Привет
Я независимый исследователь-любитель, интересующийся ворами информации.
Я видел, что вы являетесь владельцем <XXX>, и если вы согласны, …

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