– Penetration Testers/Hackers: Those on the front lines battling against corporate security teams to steal data, and plant ransomware.Ĭonti appears to have contracted out much of its spamming operations, or at least there was no mention of “Spammers” as direct employees. – Reverse Engineers: Those who can disassemble computer code, study it, find vulnerabilities or weaknesses – Administrators: Workers tasked with setting up, tearing down servers, other attack infrastructure – Testers: Workers in charge of testing Conti malware against security tools and obfuscating it – Coders: Programmers hired to write malicious code, integrate disparate technologies Other Conti departments with their own distinct budgets, staff schedules, and senior leadership include: Conti maintains many of the same business units as a legitimate, small- to medium-sized enterprise, including a Human Resources department that is in charge of constantly interviewing potential new hires.
The Conti group’s chats reveal a great deal about its internal structure and hierarchy.
In Part II of this series we’ll explore what it’s like to work for Conti, as described by the Conti employees themselves. Tuesday’s story examined how Conti dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and governments. Earlier this week, a Ukrainian security researcher leaked almost two years’ worth of internal chat logs from Conti, one of the more rapacious and ruthless ransomware gangs in operation today.
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