Google goes it alone with a new cybercrime crew taxonomy
As we noted at the time, the existence of multiple naming schemas means that researchers often refer to the same group by ten different names.
- ▪As we noted at the time, the existence of multiple naming schemas means that researchers often refer to the same group by ten different names.
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