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Conti Ransomware Group's Russia Support Backlash #shorts

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In 2022, Conti's support for Russia backfired. Internal chats leaked, leading to the group's downfall. Engaging with such actors carries unpredictable risks and unreliable behavior. #bsidesfrankfurt #bsides #bsidesfra #AlixiaRutayisire #QuoIntelligence
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Um an example of this is like the case of Conti. So uh in 2022 they announced the ransomware group announced support for Russia in its uh war against Ukraine. And only today after they announced that um you had a Twitter account that pop up and um internal conversation from the group were uh leaked and this uh at the end resulted in the fragmentation and dissolution of the group. Uh so when you engage with this type of actor um it's unpredictable and they are not really reliable. Uh they could also have risky behavior that don't align fully with um uh the uh state interests or uh escalating tension with adversaries for instance. Uh so yeah uncertain mobilization we've

seen as well. So this is all behavior that uh could uh that are part of the risk uh from uh engaging with this kind of actors.