“High salaries for the right candidates were available, $100,000 per month in one listing, $20,000 per month in another, but the median salary, depending on the role, ranged between $1,300 and $4,000.”
Kaspersky read roughly 200,000 job messages on 155 dark web forums and found more than 10,000 job posts a quarter. Ransomware crews run test assignments, pay referral bonuses and offer paid time off. The headline number is $1.2 million a year. The median is $1,300 to $4,000 a month, plus the felony.