DarkSide Ransomware Gang Quits...

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https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/darkside-ransomware-gang-quits-after-servers-bitcoin-stash-seized/

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The DarkSide ransomware affiliate program responsible for the six-day outage at Colonial Pipeline this week that led to fuel shortages and price spikes across the country is running for the hills. The crime gang announced it was closing up shop after its servers were seized and someone drained the cryptocurrency from an account the group uses to pay affiliates.....
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Well they definitely seem scared ****less at least.

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DarkSide organizers also said they were releasing decryption tools for all of the companies that have been ransomed but which haven't yet paid.

Hopefully law enforcement does more to try to track these people down. $20 billion in damage last year because of ransomware attacks.
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Good. Drone their ass.
JSKolache
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Some questions-
Wonder if it was .gov military/intelligence or some private outfit who hacked back?
Also which crypto(s) can be "drained" in week's time?
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Would not be surprised if it wasn't the government that has them running. Would actually be surprised if it is.
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These guys all operate with tacit approval of their governments. Government looks the other way, some decent chaos is sown in a rival country, and everyone is happy.

You do not **** with the United States' oil.

As someone in this industry, I get the feeling that they accidentally infected the pipeline and didn't realize what was going to happen. I'm betting this shutdown is the Russian government's attempt to head things off before we get really angry.
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JSKolache said:

Some questions-
Wonder if it was .gov military/intelligence or some private outfit who hacked back?
Also which crypto(s) can be "drained" in week's time?


A crypto account can be drained in a few minutes. You just transfer the coins to another wallet
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Maybe it was our secret army that raided the Scytl servers in germany last November proving that the election was hacked
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Bradley.Kohr.II
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Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up as mounts on someone's wall.

Brings to mind the XKCD cartoon about hacking encryption vs, taking a pipe to someone's knees.
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The US government has consistently been against the Nordprom gas pipeline from Russia to Europe. Notice how quickly that position changed when our pipeline was hacked. I smell a quid pro quo with Putin. Also, the ransom that was asked was chicken feed compared to what could have been sought. And, the price of Bitcoin collapsed within days.

This whole episode smells fishy. There is a lot more here than meets the eye.
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Their only hope is if they have a connection to the Biden or Clinton families, at this point.
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Bradley.Kohr.II said:

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up as mounts on someone's wall.

Brings to mind the XKCD cartoon about hacking encryption vs, taking a pipe to someone's knees.
This one?

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Yup
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