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Is REvil having a resurgence, or is there a copycat hacking group?
According to a report released by cybersecurity company Akamai, one of its customers is currently experiencing a DDoS attack being carried out by Russian-affiliated hacking group REvil.
REvil was thought to have been taken offline after several members were arrested earlier this year, leading some to believe the hacking group is simply a copycat operating the REvil name.
One of the main reasons this attack is believed to be carried out by a copycat group is due to REvil previously claiming to be purely driven by monetary reasons and not political ones.
The cybersecurity company says this may be a part of REvil testing whether politically motivated DDoS attacks can be profitable ones or simply a copycat group recycling old hacking methods to scare executives into paying ransoms due to the cache the name REvil carries.
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