Posted on 05/17/2021 7:38:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Cybercrime group DarkSide said it has lost control of its web servers and some of the money it’s made off ransom payments after the FBI confirmed that the gang was behind the $5 million ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline last week that spurred gas shortages and panic buying across the Southeast.
Analysts at security research firm FireEye said that messages are circulating in multiple cybercriminal forums that say DarkSide has shut down amid pressure from the US and law enforcement.
“A few hours ago, we lost access to the public part of our infrastructure, namely: Blog. Payment server. DOS servers,” read a post online by user Darksupp, the operator of DarkSide, according to The Record.
The announcement was posted Thursday evening on cybercrime underground community Exploit Forum, according to Recorded Future threat intelligence analyst Dmitry Smilyanets.
It remains unclear if the announcement is a ruse for the group to escape attention or avoid paying its partners. Cybersecurity analysts warned that anything posted by DarkSide operators should be taken with a grain of salt.
The FBI confirmed that DarkSide was behind the $5 million ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline.EPA/JUSTIN LANE
Darksupp also claimed that cryptocurrency funds were withdrawn from the hacker group’s payment server, which hosted ransom payments made by victims such as Colonial Pipeline, the report said. The funds, which the group is typically supposed to split between itself and its partners, were transferred to an unknown wallet, Darksupp said, according to The Record.
Mandiant Threat Intelligence, a subsidiary of FireEye, said DarkSide shared a statement Thursday with its criminal partners announcing that it would shut down. The message has been shared in multiple cybercrime circles,
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“lost control of the money”
(Everyone in the ‘family’ wanted their cut.)
That probably includes the FBI.
Darkside was hacked?
Duckduckgo works with TOR. I use TOR at maximum safe setting to check a chan site. Many sites won’t work at that setting.
Because they are located in foreign countries under the protection of local Governments.
We don't really have agencies left that are able to go and get them by overt or covert means in a non-permissive environment. The erstwhile protectors of such gangs do have such capabilities.
The DarkSiders upset a lot of apple carts, and not just in this country. I would suppose there have been a lot of discussions behind closed doors and some deals worked out.
Perhaps one or two of the DarkSiders have already met with some unfortunate accidents, "pour encourager les autres".
Here is the real solution.
Cybercrime group DarkSide = SPJNK.
1 horsepower.
Our hackers are better than your hackers.
Who benefits?
Figure that out to solve most crimes.
The chicoms letting it fold since the 5 million was not their goal...
chappelle could have done a better skit than this production,, 5 million??
Come on Man !!
That's peanuts.
Colonial Pipeline hackers reportedly bagged $90 MILLION in bitcoin before shutting down
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