https://cointelegraph.com/news/ransomware-gang-demands-42m-or-it-releases-trumps-dirty-laundry
The ransomware gang that stole almost 1TB of legal secrets from the biggest names in the entertainment industry is now demanding $42 million in cryptocurrency or else it will expose U.S. President Donald Trump’s “dirty laundry”.
The gang has already released a 2GB trove of legal documents marked ‘Lady Gaga’ and fired the link media outlets including Cointelegraph, which broke the news about the attack last week on New York law firm, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks.
The REvil ransomware group —also known as Sodinokibi — posted a new message on May 14, that said they were doubling their original ransom and using dirt on Trump as leverage: “The next person we’ll be publishing is Donald Trump. There’s an election going on, and we found a ton of dirty laundry on time.”
Addressing Trump directly, REvil recommended he “poke a sharp stick at the guys” (referring to the law firm) within a week if he wanted to remain president. And to the voters: “…we can let you know that after such a publication, you certainly [won’t] want to see him as president.”