Inside the HQ of the Chinese cyber ransom gang: It looks like a trendy start-up but they take over computers – then charge a fortune to unlock them
With a young man in shorts strumming his guitar and desks littered with water bottles and coffee cups, it could be a scene from any trendy tech start-up firm.
But this picture is believed to be the first from inside the lair of a so-called ransomware gang.
The fast-growing crime involves hackers seizing control of an IT system or data and demanding money to release it.
In the photograph – accompanied by a caption in Chinese reading ‘Wow! Little brother playing guitar’ – a second man peers at a screen, possibly orchestrating a fresh crime.
This picture is believed to be the first from inside the lair of a so-called ransomware gang
Unearthed by cyber security firm Internet 2.0, the photo is thought to show members of APT41, a Chinese group blamed for more than 100 hacks, including ransomware attacks, up to last year.
The FBI issued a wanted poster last September featuring the faces of five APT41 members wanted for questioning over a string of raids in the US, UK, Australia and Taiwan.
The group is also suspect ..
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