• Infiltrating an International Ransomware Gang

  • Apr 8 2025
  • Length: 33 mins
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Infiltrating an International Ransomware Gang

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  • A few years ago, a ransomware gang called LockBit rose from obscurity to extort over $100 million from organizations around the world. A security strategist named Jon DiMaggio wanted to understand how the organization worked. So he used the techniques of World War II-era spycraft to make contact with the hackers.

    On today’s show, Jon tells the story of LockBit – from the way it borrowed techniques from mainstream companies to market itself and attract talent, to the response from international governments that used the gang’s own tactics against it. And he talks about how he got the hackers to talk to him.

    Jon described the rise and fall of the company in a series of posts he called the Ransomware Diaries. You can read those here: https://analyst1.com/ransomware-diaries-volume-1/

    Note: This bonus episode of What’s Your Problem? is sponsored by Microsoft.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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