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1. A new franchising opportunity
Published 4 years, 4 months ago
Description
Our first episode is an origin story. Ransomware-as-a-service got its start in an unlikely place: Texas. We tell the story of how a Russian cyber gang called REvil went toe-to-toe with a bunch of Texas towns and emerged with a new business model.
SHOW NOTES:
An interview with REvil’s Unknown
Surveillance video of REvil's hacks
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