Cracking Group DarkSide Loses Bitcoin And Are Being Hunted By FBI.

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Published on June 8, 2021 3:33:38 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jm_ejjPQcs

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Cracking Group DarkSide Loses Bitcoin And Are Being Hunted By FBI.

On May 14, 2021, in a Russian-language statement obtained by the cybersecurity firms Recorded Future, FireEye, and Intel 471 and reported by the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, DarkSide said that "due to the pressure from the U.S." it was shutting down operations, closing the gang's "affiliate program" (the intermediary hackers that DarkSide works with to hack).[13][22] The specific "pressure" referred to was not clear, but the preceding day, U.S. President Joe Biden suggested that the U.S. would take action against DarkSide to "disrupt their ability to operate."[13] DarkSide claimed that it had lost access to its payment server, blog, and funds withdrawn to an unspecified account.[13] Cybersecurity experts cautioned that DarkSide's claim to have disbanded might be a ruse to deflect scrutiny,[13] and possibly allow the gang to resume hacking activities under a different name.[22] It is common for cybercriminal networks to shut down, revive, and rebrand in this way.[13]

Agence France-Presse reporters discovered that the Recorded Future report which detailed the loss of Darkside servers and funds was retweeted by the Twitter account of the 780th Military Intelligence Brigade, a US Army Cyberwarfare group involved in offensive operations.[23]

Colonial Pipeline hackers DarkSide have lost control of money, will shut down

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.
https://nypost.com/2021/05/14/colonial-pipeline-hackers-darkside-have-lost-control-of-servers-report/

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