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Oct 2022
1h 4m

126: REvil

Jack Rhysider
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REvil is the name of a ransomware service as well as a group of criminals inflicting ransomware onto the world. Hear how this ransomware shook the world.


A special thanks to our guest Will, a CTI researcher with Equinix.


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