Posted on 08/29/2021 3:55:37 AM PDT by blueplum
Ragnarok, a hacking gang that’s locked victims out of their computers and extorted them since 2019, suddenly appears to have called it quits. The group shared a free tool Thursday that will help previous victims unlock their files and gain access to their computers again, according to security researchers.
It’s not clear why Ragnarok is abandoning its pilfering ways. But the apparent decision to self-destruct is a move that other ransomware gangs have been adopting as well. Ragnarok is the fifth ransomware operator that’s appeared to backtrack on its previous grift following increased international attention to ransomware hacking. Ziggy ransomware hackers, as well as Avaddon, SynAck, and Fonix hacking groups have all also retreated from their ransomware hacking this year, each giving up their keys and neutralizing their attacks....
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Yeah, losing your life, your nation, your soul ... suddenly is no longer a pranking game, IS it ?
Yes, I’d be first in line to use this “free tool” of theirs. I’m sure it has nothing nefarious in it.
I can think of one possible reason: Some entity, maybe a government, or some other operation, learned how to connect the dots, and as the people running the ransomware operations started getting videos of family members, they figure now was a good time to call it quits. No evidence of such, just hard to come up with much else.
“...several gangs that drew the attention of President Joe Biden following their attacks...”
Joe’s upset because the hackers probably locked one of Hunter’s computers..and Joe couldn’t watch his son’s sexploits.
Someone well known suggested we start killing the Ransomware hackers.
Was it Newt Gingrich?
Anyway, a comment like that would certainly get my attention if I was in the hacking business.
Newt has a new career selling Title Lock Insurance.
Bkmk
Odin must have commanded it…
I wonder if any of the latest updates to TOR contain a backdoor to track these hackers?
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