sourcec0de, an active ransomware operator, answers the opening round of Dancho Danchev’s questions over Tox: on harm, an FSB tip, and why he says the law, not the crime, is unjust. First of a longer interview.
Browsing: The Danchev Interviews
First-person interviews with ransomware operators, cybercriminals and underground figures, conducted and verified by threat intelligence researcher Dancho Danchev. Primary-source conversations that map how the people inside the ransomware economy think about access, money, risk and the market’s future.
Bashe, also known as APT73, tells Dancho Danchev that interviews raise the price of silence. Then the public record shows how much of that reputation is manufactured.
The group behind RTM Locker speaks to Dancho Danchev about ransomware-as-a-service, why companies really pay, and where the market goes next.