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Total length of the course: <1 hour
Behind the headlines about ransomware attacks are distinct criminal organizations with their own cultures, strategies, and reputations. In this conversation, explore how ransomware groups recruit, compete, and depend on wider criminal networks, then get under the skin of the groups that have shaped the landscape, from LockBit's innovations to the peculiar case of Scattered Spider, and ask how the ecosystem responds when one of its own gets taken down.
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How do ransomware groups recruit talent, and how difficult is it for law enforcement to track this?
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To what extent are ransomware groups dependent on other criminal services, like money laundering networks?
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How do different affiliate programs compete with each other?
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Which ransomware groups do you think had the most effective modus operandi?
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How innovative is LockBit really compared to earlier ransomware groups?
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Which group had the biggest impact on law enforcement strategy in the UK?
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Do you consider Scattered Spider to be part of the ransomware ecosystem in the same sense as Russian-origin groups, or are they more of a separate phenomenon?
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What is ‘The Com’ network?
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How does the ‘underground’ criminal community react when a big group gets taken down?
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Is the future of ransomware more about many small groups or a few dominant cartels?
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