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Ransomware gang apologizes, gives SickKids hospital free decryptor (bleepingcomputer.com)
5 points by kungfudoi on Jan 1, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



That is good PR which they need for the affiliate business model they use. Basically, as an affiliate you will provide/leak some sort of backdoor, access to systems or information about security vulnerabilities to the group. Then, they will perform the actual attack using your information. The revenue is then split between the affiliate and the group. There was recently a good darknet diaries episode about this, i find it quite fascinating.


Edinburgh had "the Sick Kids" in Sciennes Rd for over a century. It opened in 1860 and moved in 2021. I wonder if Canadian doctors who trained in Scotland took the idea home?

(A few people have said to me they found the name a bit odd. I wonder what they make of "the Dick Vet" hospital for animals which was just down the road, also now moved)




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