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What is meant by Ransomware as a Service, as opposed to regular old Ransomware?
As in malicious actors pay software engineers and simply deploy the pre-made ransomware without any technical or knowledge required.
But then wouldn't it be easier for those software engineers to just deploy it themselves and keep all the money? What value is the buyer providing?