---
title: "Ransomware Scam Profits Not As ‘Glamorous’ As You’d Think"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/ransomware-scam-profits-not-as-glamorous-as-youd-think/"
date: "2016-06-03T01:04:31+00:00"
section: "Software"
tags:
  - "Ransomware"
  - "Software Security"
source: "darkreading.com"
source_url: "http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities---threats/ransomware-scam-profits-not-as-glamorous-as-youd-think/d/d-id/1325768?_mc=RSS_DR_EDT"
---

# Ransomware Scam Profits Not As ‘Glamorous’ As You’d Think

June 3, 2016 · Reported by darkreading.com

![](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/portadas/2016/ransomware-scam-profits-not-as-glamorous-as-youd-think.jpg)

> Bosses typically make about $90K a year, affiliates much less, Flashpoint study finds. A five-month study of a Russian ransomware operation by Web intelligence firm Flashpoint suggests that not all purveyors of these extortion campaigns make as much money or are as sophisticated and unstoppable as generally presumed. Flashpoint […]

[Read the full article at darkreading.com](http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities---threats/ransomware-scam-profits-not-as-glamorous-as-youd-think/d/d-id/1325768?_mc=RSS_DR_EDT)

**Tags:** [Ransomware](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/ransomware/) · [Software Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/software-security/)