Security News > 2023 > November > Get your very own ransomware empire on the cheap, while stocks last

The short-lived RansomedVC ransomware operation is being shopped around by its owner, who is claiming to offer a 20 percent discount just a day after first listing it for sale.

Citing "Personal reasons" alongside the desire to avoid "Being monitored by federal agencies," the owner of RansomedVC is looking for someone who wants to carry on the project.

The buyer will also supposedly receive access to affiliate groups and social media channels, as well as 37 databases RansomedVC claims are worth more than $10 million collectively.

The Register has tried to contact RansomedVC - which started in August as an underground forum - about the sale but the owner did not respond.

Some of the major attacks the RansomedVC group has claimed, and built its name on, have also been called into question, including arguably its biggest scalp, Sony.

There could also be collusion between the two attackers at play, with the other beating RansomedVC to the first disclosure, or the initial BreachForums leaks coming from RansomedVC under a different alias.

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