Topic - Revil

REvil, which stands for Ransomware Evil (also known as Sodinokibi), is a private ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation. The group attacked a supplier of the tech giant Apple and stole confidential schematics of their upcoming products. - Source: Wikipedia

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