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Cyberextortionist

Crime Tech

I Sabotaged My Boss With Ransomware From the Dark Web

What does it take to navigate the dark web, buy some Ransomware, and extort your victims? The writer tries it for himself.

Drake Bennett Bloomberg Businessweek Feb 2020 20min Permalink

Tech

The Zombie Hunters

Tracking cyberextortionists and their roving swarms of bots.

Evan Ratliff New Yorker Oct 2005 15min Permalink