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Lin Rui thought for a while, "I have indeed heard that the secret agency has a hacker group. They are all composed of Russian hackers.

But their information is very secret, no one knows who they are from start to finish. There is only one code name, it seems to be the seventh group or something. "

"There are two hacker groups organized by the secret agency, one is the fifth group and the other is the seventh group. The fifth group was established first, and the seventh group was newly established a few years ago." Mr. K replied . "Of course I am not very clear about these, they are all told to me by Aladdin before."

"Then what's the situation now? This seventh group of hackers deliberately invaded EWA company and created an information leakage incident.

In this way, the leakage of these sensitive information will be blamed on them. And to extract the EWA company from the leak.

do you mean this? "Lin Rui asked.

"That's what it means. Moreover, the seventh group organized by the secret agency itself is highly classified. This time they did not hesitate to expose themselves to cover the EWA company.

It shows that there are more serious secrets behind this matter. But what exactly is this secret, we still don't know. "Mr. K replied.

"What does your US Cyber ​​Warfare Command say?" Lin Rui asked.

"They don't have any clues at the moment. The other party's methods are very clean, and there is no possibility of getting the handle." Mr. K replied.

"Then what you mean by looking for me..." Lin Rui frowned.

"I know you have a relationship in Russia, and we need to find this Russian hacker team.

You know that the relationship between us and Russia is very delicate, and it is inconvenient for us to send someone to solve this problem directly. "Mr. K replied.

"This is not a simple matter. Moreover, the identity of this group of people is a mystery. We don't know who the other party is.

We do have a certain relationship in Russia, but to find these people is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack. Lin Rui shook his head.

Mr. K replied, "I already have a suspicious target, the dark side of the Russian hacker organization. We believe that this hacker organization has a deep relationship with the seventh group.

This is a notorious cybercriminal organization. In the nine months from last year to the present, a total of 186 well-known companies around the world have been breached.

Among them, there are many industry giants such as US nuclear weapons contractors, Apple suppliers, Japan's Fuji, etc., who have been extorted for tens of millions of dollars.

Relying on cybercrime, it has successfully collected 100 million U.S. dollars in just one year in 2020.

Since his debut in 2019, it has quickly become the world's second largest hacker organization in two years. Nearly 300 organizations have been attacked.

The most frightening thing is that no one can stop them yet.

In fact, the dark side has attacked nearly 300 organizations so far.

This year alone, the record is impressive.

In March, the dark side announced that it had hacked and stolen data from Acer;

In April, Apple’s new product launch was imminent, and it received a threat from the dark side: the design of the new product has been mastered;

In May, SolOriens, a US nuclear weapons contractor, was attacked by a dark-side ransomware virus, and business data and employee information were stolen;

In the same month, Japan's Fujifilm was forced to shut down part of the company's network and external connections due to a dark side attack; **S, the world's largest meat product supplier, once closed all US factories under its blackmail;

In June, the American energy company Invenergy reported that it had been attacked by ransomware, and the dark side said it was responsible.

Someone has counted that from October last year to June this year, the dark side initiated 186 extortions.

Just recently, they made another big news:

By attacking the supply chain, the dark side caused more than 1,000 companies worldwide to be attacked in just one day.

From large supermarket chains, pharmacies to railway departments, many companies have been affected.

Affected by this, the large Swedish supermarket chain Coop even had to close about 800 stores across the country.

This even made the President of the United States urgently order the FBI to investigate the matter. "

Lin Rui couldn't help shaking his head, "It seems that they are highly active, not like the seventh group organized by the secret society.

I don't think the seventh group will be as bold as they are. Usually the secret society organizers are very cautious. "

"You don't understand, but our people have gone through a lot of investigation. In the end, it can be determined that their methods of committing crimes are highly similar.

The ransomware codes, ransom notes, and file encryption extensions they use are all very similar.

The investigators of the Cyber ​​Warfare Command have thoroughly studied the connection between the two.

Therefore, they previously stated that this dark side organization is likely to be a branch or gang of the seventh group. "Mr. K replied.

"Well, even if it is certain that this organization is related to the seventh group of the secret society, how should we find them?" Lin Rui asked.

Mr. K pointed to the computer, “Russian hacker Alexei Berkov, who was once hailed as Moscow’s super important asset, pleaded guilty in a U.S. court last year.

The charge was to run a website that specializes in selling stolen payment card data and manage a highly classified criminal forum, which includes Russia's most prestigious cyber scammers. ,

The 29-year-old Berkov admitted to operating a tightly protected dark web, attracting some of the founders and administrators of Russian hackers wanted in the world.

Last year, he pleaded guilty in a Virginia court, pleading guilty to equipment fraud and conspiracy to commit computer intrusion, identity theft, wire fraud and money laundering.

Berkoff may be one of the most contacted and skilled malicious hackers in American history. Membership in his forum is severely restricted.

The new member must be a Russian-speaking local, and provide a deposit of $5,000, and be guaranteed by three existing criminal forum members.

In addition, members need to install a special encryption certificate in their web browsers before they can load the login page of the forum.

We found some traces through this hacker's dark web forum, and finally helped us lock down a few people.

We believe that through these people, we can find the dark side of the Russian hacker organization. So we need you to take a trip. "

"It's not an easy job. Those guys show off on the Internet, but maybe they're just a bunch of guys hiding in the garage and playing on the computer.

No one knows their true identity, how do we find them? Lin Rui shook his head.

"We have found at least two or three of them, and you can find them and dig out more people by the way.

If you think this is not easy, then how about this one?

The United States has offered a reward of $10 million to collect information on the identity and location of senior leaders of the dark side of cybercriminal organizations.

This is just the identity and location information. In case you find and catch him along the way, the reward will be at least 30 million. "Mr. K looked at Lin Rui.