REvil

REvil (also known as Sodinokibi) is a criminal cybergang.[1][2] They are known for stealing data near 1 TB from the law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks and extorting ransom for not publishing it.[3][4][5] In particular, in May 2020 they demanded $42 million from US president Donald Trump.[6][7] The group claimed to have done this by deciphering the Elliptic-curve cryptography that the firm used to protect its data.[8]

On the 16th of May the group released legal documents totalling a size of 2.4GB related to the singer Lady Gaga.[9] The following day they released 169 "harmless" e-mails which referred to Donald Trump or contained the word 'trump'.[10]

They're also planning on selling Madonna's information[11].

References
  1. Winder, Davey. "Hackers Publish First 169 Trump 'Dirty Laundry' Emails After Being Branded Cyber-Terrorists". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  2. Elder, Jeff. "Cybergang behind Lady Gaga data dump leaks hacked law firm's emails and contracts mentioning President Trump, says it is posting 'most harmless information' first". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  3. Cimpanu, Catalin. "Ransomware gang asks $42m from NY law firm, threatens to leak dirt on Trump". ZDNet. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  4. Winder, Davey. "Hackers Publish First 169 Trump 'Dirty Laundry' Emails After Being Branded Cyber-Terrorists". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  5. Sykes, Tom (2020-05-15). "'REvil' Hackers Double Their Allen Grubman Ransom Demand To $42m, Threaten To Dump Donald Trump Dirt". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  6. "Criminal group that hacked law firm threatens to release Trump documents". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  7. Adler, Dan. "What Do These Hackers Have On Trump, and Why Would Allen Grubman Pay to Suppress It?". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  8. "Forbes".
  9. Dazed (2020-05-16). "Hackers have leaked Lady Gaga's legal documents". Dazed. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  10. Winder, Davey. "Hackers Publish First 169 Trump 'Dirty Laundry' Emails After Being Branded Cyber-Terrorists". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  11. Coble, Sarah (2020-05-19). "REvil to Auction Stolen Madonna Data". Infosecurity Magazine. Retrieved 2020-07-17.


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