According to REvil hackers, aka Sodinokibi, the email contains “harmless information” on Trump enough to prove that the group has data on him.
When ransomware attacks occur, the basic premise behind them is that the attackers will demand a sum of money in exchange for either decrypting the victim’s data or not leaking it. However, not every time does the victim pay and that is where things can go down south.
One case to exemplify this is that of a New York-based media and entertainment law firm named Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks which became the victim of the REvil ransomware group leaking 756GB worth of data on the 9th of May, earlier this month.
As it was recently covered on Hackread.com, we went over how their clients included high profile personalities, the likes of Robert DeNiro, Lady Gaga, and Madonna. Although at the time, no amount had been disclosed, later we found out that the attackers demanded $21 million.
This, Grubman refused to pay on the pretext that the actions of the attackers were tantamount to terrorism and there really was no guarantee that they would not leak the data anyways even after the payment.
The result was not pleasant. As we reported on the 15th of May, the hackers stepped up their money demands by twice to $42 million while also claiming that they had access to alleged confidential data relating to the US President revil hackers leaks email conversation trump ransom demand
