Oh-so-generous ransomware crooks vow to hold back from health organisations during COVID-19 crisis

Oh-so-generous ransomware crooks vow to hold back from health organisations during COVID-19 crisis

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Ransomware operators of DoppelPaymer and Maze malware stated that they will not target medical organisations during the current pandemic.


Laurence Abrams, who runs the security news site Bleeping Computer, reports that he made contact with "the operators of the Maze, DoppelPaymer, Ryuk, Sodinokibi/REvil, PwndLocker, and Ako Ransomware infections to ask if they would continue targeting health and medical organizations during the outbreak."


The DoppelPaymer operators responded that "we always try to avoid hospitals, nursing homes … we always do not touch 911 (only occasionally is possible or due to missconfig in their network) … if we do it by mistake – we'll decrypt for free."


Maze operators also responded, sending Abrams a "press release" stating that "We als ..

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