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There’s no evidence to suggest it’s happening here, but I wonder how effective it is to disrupt ransomware activity by making the community distrust each other.



Very good point. Any type of disruption is beneficial. Especially when you start screwing over your affiliates.

It’s has been proven that affiliates are the main reason ransomware has been so successful. Piss off your affiliates and now you no longer have incoming victims/targets.




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