How Does It Affect The Victims

It appears that Maze ransomware gang is not only capable of writing sophisticated malware. They have also found a very effective way of increasing the pressure on its corporate targets to pay up.

It is obvious anyone would want to have their client database or other sensitive information to be a secret. But Maze authors have their own set of tricks to force the target to pay up, which are as follows:

• Release public details of your security breach and inform the media
• Sell stolen information with commercial value on the dark market
• Tell any stock exchanges on which your company might be listed about the hack and the loss of sensitive information
• Use stolen information to attack clients and partners as well as inform them that your company was hacked.