A cybercriminal can charge $10 million or more for a single hack. In an interview with the “Tutku” publication on this subject reported former hacker Petr Severa Levashov.
According to Levashov, being a hacker is much more profitable than working as a white-collar information security specialist. However, such activities are associated with significant risks, such as imprisonment.
“The amounts here may be higher. They are not that regular, you can go to jail for them but the amounts are huge. “Again, if you buy crypto lockers, their ransoms reach tens of millions of dollars,” he said.
As an example, the former hacker cited the incident with Garmin, which paid hackers more than $10 million to unlock its systems. However, a group of cybercriminals were working at the time.
“Imagine if one person gets, say, 20% of $20 million for a single hack. That’s $4 million. And that’s one job,” the expert added.
At the same time, the former hacker noted that expert programmers earn significantly less in white jobs: from 300 to 700 thousand rubles. per month and up to 1 million rubles in ordinary positions. Once a month if a person has reached “master” positions.
Previously in Lipetsk detained Retiree who hacked the PlayStation 3 console.
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Source: Gazeta
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