A Darkish Net leak website recognized to be operated by the infamous ransomware group APLHV/BlackCat was taken offline on Dec. 7 and now menace intelligence specialists have confirmed the outage is a part of regulation enforcement motion towards the group.
RedSense Intelligence posted on social media that it “can verify that #ALPHV aka BlackCat ransomware gang’s website has been taken down by regulation enforcement,” on Dec. 8.
Darkish Studying has not been capable of independently confirm regulation enforcement is behind the BlackCat/ALPHV website takedown.
Because it first emerged in November 2021, BlackCat/ALPHV has listed greater than 650 firms on its leak website.
Legislation enforcement has come beneath scrutiny for not taking extra aggressive motion towards BlackCat/ALPHV associates like Scattered Spider, a ransomware group behind brazen cyberattacks towards MGM Resorts, Caesars, and extra.
On Nov. 16, the FBI and CISA launched a joint advisory about Scattered Spider, noting the group makes use of BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware for his or her cybercrimes.
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