The Netwalker ransomware operation is recruiting potential affiliates with the possibility of million-dollar payouts and an auto-publishing data leak blog to help drive successful ransom payments.
Started
as Mailto and responsible for
high profile attacks, the ransomware operators rebranded as Netwalker in March 2020 when it began to recruit potential affiliates to distribute their ransomware.
These affiliates would be in charge of breaching networks and deploying the ransomware, and in return, would receive the lion's share of any ransom payments they bring in.
Promises of riches
In a series of posts to a Russian hacker forum shared with BleepingComputer by cyber intelligence firm
Advanced Intelligence, the public-facing operator of the Netwalker ransomware has been interview affiliates for their program since March.
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