# Secrets of ransomware gang spilled after it announced support for Russia

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/secrets-of-ransomware-gang-spilled-after-it-announced-support-for-russia/
- Published: 2022-03-12T09:30:56-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo credit: CC0 Public Domain. Article by Jeff Stone and Jack Gillum, Bloomberg News. Tech Xplore – March 9, 2022. On Feb. 25, a notorious ransomware group known as Conti expressed support for Russia as the country invaded Ukraine. It turned out to be a bad idea: days later, a massive trove of the gang’s secrets was leaked. The data contains details on specific hacking campaigns, Bitcoin wallets used by the gang and ruminations on the future of cryptocurrency as a tool for money laundering. In one chat message, a member of Conti expressed fury that someone associated with their group had targeted a website inside Russia […] Click here to view original web page at techxplore.com