Security News > 2021 > April > REvil’s Big Apple Ransomware Gambit Looks to Pay Off

The REvil ransomware gang is known for audacious attacks on the world's biggest organizations, and its demands for astronomical ransoms to match.

In an added stroke of criminal ingenuity to ratchet up the pressure to pay, REvil decided to start leaking the ripped off files just hours before Apple's Spring Loaded event on Tuesday, including schematics for some new iMacs it debuted there.

"In order not to wait for the upcoming Apple presentations, today we, the REvil group, will provide data on the upcoming releases of the company so beloved by many," according to REvil's blog post, the report said.

REvil handles ransom negotiations, payment, delivery of the encryptor and develops the software, the REvil leader explained last fall.

An international-headline-grabbing caper against Apple would be just the kind of thing that might attract other would-be ransomware attackers to partner up with REvil, whose proof of concept is all over the news.

Even if Apple doesn't pay up, the cyberattack could lead to good financial things for REvil.

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https://threatpost.com/revil-apple-ransomware-pay-off/165570/