So far their communications have been short and to the point. And despite the fact they feel “sad” they had to be concerned the authorities were closing in on them. Emotet and Netwalker ransomware hackers were hit by law enforcement in cooperative efforts of international cybercrime units. They were both much larger than Ziggy.
To all #Ziggy ransomware victims who paid money:
Contact [email protected] for giving your money back.@BleepinComputer @malwrhunterteam @demonslay335 https://t.co/tP0ngMXNyi pic.twitter.com/GNf7icMQiQ— M. Shahpasandi (@M_Shahpasandi) March 28, 2021
Closing operations followed by giving the money-back
The “administrator” was quiet for a little over a week. Then on March 28th, he announced the group was ready to return the ransom payments.
Victims need to contact the admin at this email address: [email protected]. After sending proof of their bitcoin payments along with the computer ID, the money would be returned to the victim’s bitcoin wallet in about two weeks.
Initially, ransomware victims get a ransom note with instructions on how to contact cyber criminals to pay. Bitcoin was the typical mode of payment.
Hackers Still Make Despite Ransom Return
Bitcoin price has been on the rise for three months. Last month when the ransomware keys went public, the Bitcoin price was about $39,000.
