A cardiologist changed to the alleged malware developer who has been charged with creating the Thanos ransomware builder.
A US criminal complaint that, Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez citizen of France and Venezuela involved in attempted computer intrusions and conspiracy to commit computer intrusions.
Moises Luis Zagala is claimed to have both the leased and sold ransomware packages, which he has developed for cybercriminals.
He is also arraigned for training would-be attackers on the usage of his wares to extort victims and later boasted about successful attacks.
According to Doj, Before designing a more sophisticated private ransomware builder called Thanos. Zavala also developed Jigsaw V.2.
The Thanos platform can also be used to develop ransomware campaigns with custom Ransome notes, which are mainly designed to irritate security researchers, and a data stealer which can also be used to extract files from compromised systems.
The Doj said that Opsec mistakes helped investigators to identify Zalala as a suspect
An FBI agent(undercover) allegedly purchased a license for Thanos from Zagala and downloaded the software. In addition to this, an FBI informant spoke with Zagala about the possible ways of establishing an affiliate program using the Thanos platform.
The purpose behind the design of the Thanos platform is to have regular contact with a server in Charlotte, North Carolina, to check licenses. This system is clearly linked back to Zagala.
The relative used an email address to contact Zagala which matched the registered email for malicious infrastructure associated with the Thanos malware, according to the Doj.
How much Zagala made from his alleged misbehavior is not known. Still, if convicted he must be imprisoned for up to 5 years for attempted computer intrusions and 5 years for conspiracy to commit computer intrusions.
