Given that Stormous is a part of The Five Families collective, it is highly likely that they also helped in the development of GhostLocker and that some code overlaps might occur as a result between GhostLocker and StormousX.
Hacktivism Engaging With Cybercrime
When looking at the GhostLocker RaaS, many might wonder why a hacktivist group would engage in cybercrime like ransomware.
The answer is fairly simple.
While hacktivists would like to promote their agendas, infrastructures and other tools, their use can be expensive, and in order to sustain themselves, they have to engage in cybercrime.
In GhostSec‘s and SiegedSec‘s case, there is a chance that the fact that they are a part of The Five Families collective, which also includes Stormous – a cybercrime group, they have to contribute in a way that sometimes might go against their agendas.
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