Cyber Ransomware Intel

{
  "executive_summary": "LockBit remains one of the most prolific ransomware operations despite law enforcement disruption in Feb 2024. Healthcare and finance are primary targets. Immutable backups and MFA on all remote access are the most effective countermeasures.",
  "global_ransomware_statistics": {
    "average_downtime_days": 21,
    "average_ransom_demand_usd": 1500000,
    "percentage_paying_ransom": "34%"
  },
  "groups_analyzed": [
    {
      "activity_level": "moderate",
      "name": "LockBit",
      "primary_targets": {
        "countries": [
          "USA",
          "UK",
          "Germany",
          "Australia"
        ],
        "sectors": [
          "Finance",
          "Healthcare",
          "Government"
        ]
      },
      "ransomware_as_a_service": true,
      "status": "disrupted (Operation Cronos Feb 2024) — partially active under LockBit 3.0",
      "typical_ransom_range_usd": "$1,000,000 - $50,000,000"
    }
  ],
  "query": "LockBit"
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://cyberpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/cyber/ransomware-intel?group=LockBit&lang=en'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://cyberpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/cyber/ransomware-intel?group=LockBit&lang=en' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.2 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.2" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.2 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcyberpulse.theaslangroupllc.com%2Fapi%2Fcyber%2Fransomware-intel
const res = await pay("https://cyberpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/cyber/ransomware-intel?group=LockBit&lang=en");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.2 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.2"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://cyberpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/cyber/ransomware-intel?group=LockBit&lang=en")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)