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DeadLock Ransomware Uses Polygon Smart Contracts to Make Extortion Infra Harder to Disrupt

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The ransomware group known as DeadLock has been observed using decentralized infrastructure to facilitate victim communications and data leak operations in a bid to improve operational resilience. "Its recovery ecosystem combines the Session messaging network with blockchain-backed services that store and deliver resources used throughout the extortion…

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This is an InfosecFeed curated brief based on reporting from The Hacker News. InfosecFeed does not claim ownership of the original reporting.

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