Medusa group steps up ransomware activities

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A fast rising ransomware outfit is escalating its activities and has launched a new blog offering victims a variety of payoff options, according to a report released Thursday by Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42. The new Medusa Blog is used by the group to post stolen data with the threat of exposing the data if a victim doesn’t comply with the group’s ransom demands.

At the onion site, which can be accessed via the Tor network, a victim can see a “countdown” to the time their data is made public and available to download, a price tag for deleting the data, and the price of a time extension—US$10,000—for delaying exposure of the data to the public.

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