Inside a Notorious Russian Ransomware Gang

Inside a Notorious Russian Ransomware Gang

Author: WIRED UK February 4, 2022 Duration: 40:30
Coming up today: Germany takes on Telegram and Matt Burgess dives deep inside a Russian ransomware gang. The stories we talked about this week: Germany Has Picked a Fight With Telegram https://www.wired.com/story/germany-telegram-covid/ Inside Trickbot, Russia’s Notorious Ransomware Gang https://www.wired.com/story/trickbot-malware-group-internal-messages/ Music by Filip Hnizdo Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess

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