This reads less like “hacking” and more like an optimized business.
Clear specialization, outsourcing, and reinvestment — very similar to how startups scale.
This reads less like “hacking” and more like an optimized business.
Clear specialization, outsourcing, and reinvestment — very similar to how startups scale.
Found his record in Russia's official company registry. This is what he officially does as an entepreneur:
Money is reinvested into selling beer and fish :) Interestingly, he registered all that in 2019, just when the ransoms started.Classic money laundering.
I find it entertaining that even as part of a Russian hacking gang, the real threat is the Russian tax authorities. Regardless of how you got the money, need to pay the taxes.
That's not specific to Russia, almost every country in the world requires you to report illegal income for tax purposes, including the US.
> 56.10 — Restaurant activities and food delivery services
That one is a classic for russian criminals and warlords.
This has nothing to do with russia. All over the world it's an obvious choice to use it for money laundering.
Yevgeny Prigozhin was well known for his restaurants and catering businesses.
And you don't understand simple logic.
And you should reread the HN guidelines.
Ah yes a business like the mafia
The parent commenter has apparently never heard of organized crime.
Go look at the al Qaeda emails recovered from the raid that killed bin Laden and you'll find all the same stuff. Turns out that the way businesses operate is just a good way to operate human organizations in general, whether their goal is to sell widgets or blow up infidels.