Not to be confused with the gaming company SEMC.*
From The Register, October 1:
Ransomware criminals believed to have taken orders from intel services
The relationship between infamous cybercrime outfit Evil Corp and the Russian state is thought to be extraordinarily close, so close that intelligence officials allegedly ordered the criminals to carry out cyberattacks on NATO members.
That's according to National Crime Agency (NCA) officials who are close to the ongoing investigation into Evil Corp and its members, with the officers naming one man earlier today whom they suspect is both a high-up EvilCorp member and a prolific LockBit ransomware affiliate.
The targets supposedly given by the spies to the cybercrims weren't named, but sources claim there were multiple instances in which Russian intelligence services were working directly with Evil Corp members on state-sponsored cyberattacks before the 2019 disruption of the group....
I delude myself that I am reasonably up-to-speed on the zeitgeist and on technology but twenty or so times a day things are brought to my attention about which I was heretofore clueless....
....Super Evil Megacorp starts team-franchise program to energize Vainglory...I would expect nothing less from SEMC.
According to CrunchBase Super Evil Megacorp has raised $42 million in three venture rounds.
I'd buy it just for the name. But wasn't invited.....