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Ransomware gang asks $42m from NY law firm, threatens to leak dirt on Trump
ZDNet.com ^ | 05/15/2020 | Catalin Cimpanu

Posted on 05/15/2020 3:29:19 PM PDT by aimhigh

The criminal group behind the REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware is extorting a New York-based law firm, threatening to release sensitive files on the company's celebrity clients unless the the firm pays a whopping $42 million ransom demand.

The extortion attempt is the result of a ransomware infection that Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks (GSMS) suffered last week.

On May 7, REvil operators published a message addressed to the GSMS staff on a dark web portal, threatening to release files about its clients, files the REvil gang stole from the law firm's internal network before encrypting its files.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: ramsomware; virus
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1 posted on 05/15/2020 3:29:19 PM PDT by aimhigh
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Trump was never a client of that law firm so it would have to be second hand information through another client.


2 posted on 05/15/2020 3:36:15 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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Oh, I bet he is scared.

After two years of illegal surveillance by the deep state, I am sure THIS has him shaking in his boots.


3 posted on 05/15/2020 3:37:57 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: aimhigh

Bkmrk


4 posted on 05/15/2020 3:37:59 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Progressives" (elitist Communists) "Love you to death".)
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To: aimhigh

This should be good. “When he was a boy Trump threw a stone at a puppy” IMPEACH!


5 posted on 05/15/2020 3:38:22 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: aimhigh

There is something rotten here. I can feel it. The first stage of a dirty Soros trick or maybe ChComs l’m thinking. Trump’s numbers are holding so time for a new offensive


6 posted on 05/15/2020 3:39:18 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: aimhigh

Flip the script on them like Mel Gibson did in “Ransom.”


7 posted on 05/15/2020 3:40:31 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: aimhigh

Trump took THREE scoops of ice cream?


8 posted on 05/15/2020 3:44:37 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: aimhigh

Treat any leaks from this as disinformation.


9 posted on 05/15/2020 3:46:15 PM PDT by setha
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If there ever was anything out there .. they would have found it for mueller... 4 years and nothing...

Someone is barking up a bare tree..

Did they.. the ones who try tmto get Trump.. did they ever consider why he is still standing tall?.. and not ever give it a wonder... and have any thought that maybe not wise to get in something they know nothing about...


10 posted on 05/15/2020 3:46:36 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: aimhigh

China at work already.


11 posted on 05/15/2020 3:47:53 PM PDT by Bayard
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To: aimhigh

No mention if they had good backups.


12 posted on 05/15/2020 3:49:18 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: aimhigh

No backups? I thought this was the year 2020.


13 posted on 05/15/2020 3:49:50 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Why do I get the feeling that Schumer is behind the hacks? Typical leftist playbook....create the problem, then create a money trough that funnels taxpayer dollars to your personal bank account.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJmOpQzKr38


14 posted on 05/15/2020 3:51:08 PM PDT by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: aimhigh
"Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup." — Nurse Diesel
15 posted on 05/15/2020 3:52:30 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: gibsonguy
I feel the same way.....Something EVIL this way comes....The left has that Lawsuit to get Trumps TAX and Business info....Pretty sure there are RATS in that Lawfirm that he deals with that will give it away for a few million.

They have tried all other ways to get him out of office......

16 posted on 05/15/2020 3:54:20 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: aimhigh

I will BET that some LEFTY gave Trumps info out already!


17 posted on 05/15/2020 3:55:38 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: aimhigh

“I opened that email just like you told me not to.


18 posted on 05/15/2020 4:28:58 PM PDT by moovova
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To: aimhigh

Brennan must need money for his lawyers.


19 posted on 05/15/2020 4:30:23 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
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They’re trying to interfere with an election. This will make the Democrats really mad!


20 posted on 05/15/2020 4:30:36 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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