Ransomware Data Leak Sites: The Uncomfortable Truths

Openly available ‘data leak sites’ are standard operating procedures for modern ransomware/extortion threat actors. Hosting huge swaths of accessible and searchable data brings about many uncomfortable challenges. This includes organizations (or employees within) being exposed possessing illicit (unlawful) data and imagery. Downstream customer data is frequently compromised in the case of IAM targeting. Victims of these attacks have a seriously compounded problem once their data is presented for all to see. Not to mention, the threat actors use …

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