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Beware! BlackByte Ransomware is Back With New Version

New Variant 

The BlackByte ransomware has returned with version 2.0 of their operation, this includes a new data leak website that uses new extortion techniques taken from Lockbit. After disappearing for a while, the ransomware is now promoting a new data leak website on hacking platforms and via Twitter accounts the hacker controls. 

The hackers call this new launch of their operation BlackByte version 2.0, currently, it is unclear if the ransomware encryptor has changed too, the hacking group has launched a brand new Tor data leak website. 

The data leak website currently has only one target but now consists of new extortion techniques that let victims to pay for extending the duration of their data by one day ($5000), download the data ($200,000), or delete all the data ($300,000). The costs are likely to change, it depends on the size/earning of the victim. 

But, as said by the cybersecurity intelligence agency KELA, BlackByte’s latest data leak website is not rightly embedding the Monero and Bitcoin addresses that users can use to buy or delete the data, which makes these features not perfect. 

The aim of these latest extortion tricks is to let the victim to pay to delete all their data and for other hackers to buy it if they want. Lockbit released these same extortion techniques with the launch of their 3.0

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