<story><title>Wanted: Disgruntled Employees to Deploy Ransomware</title><url>https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/08/wanted-disgruntled-employees-to-deploy-ransomware/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>CommieBobDole</author><text>While emailing a bunch of employees is probably not going to be too successful, this could actually be a pretty effective strategy if the criminals would follow through on it; basically have an open offer to employees of large companies (or any companies, really) to deploy ransomware internally. Have an installer with a unique ID, a detailed set of instructions for installing the ransomware, communicating anonymously and obtaining the money as anonymously as possible, etc.&lt;p&gt;Nobody needs to know who anybody else is - just &amp;quot;here&amp;#x27;s our ransomware, any ransom paid that mentions your unique ID, we&amp;#x27;ll split with you. Have fun&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Crowdsourced criminality.</text></comment>
<story><title>Wanted: Disgruntled Employees to Deploy Ransomware</title><url>https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/08/wanted-disgruntled-employees-to-deploy-ransomware/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>quickthrower2</author><text>I almost hate to say it but more sophisticated versions of this will come about. Like everyone knows you can order various nefarious things on the dark web, it might become common knowledge that if you are a disgruntled employee you can go find these scammers and collude. A smart contract linked to the ransomware you install could pay you out a guaranteed cut.&lt;p&gt;Clearly it’s a dumb thing to do because you are in the same country as the victim, would be on a list of interesting people to talk to and you’ll probably leave a trace of some sort. Unlike the scammer who is anywhere and anyone.</text></comment>