The criminal group behind BlackMatter ransomware announces plans to shut down the operation, citing “pressure from the authorities”
The criminal group behind the BlackMatter ransomware have announced plans today to shut down their operation, citing pressure from local authorities.
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@vxunderground
Vx-Underground
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BlackMatter ransomware group has announced they're shutting down operations following pressure from local authorities - they state key members are no longer ‘available’. Image 1. BlackMatter RaaS announcement of operations shutting down Image 2. Russian translated to English http…
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@780thc
@780thc
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The criminal group behind the BlackMatter ransomware have announced plans today to shut down their operation, citing pressure from local authorities. https://therecord.media/... via @TheRecord_Media
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@campuscodi
Catalin Cimpanu
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Breaking: The group behind the BlackMatter ransomware has announced plans to shut down their operation, citing pressure from local authorities. https://therecord.media/... https://twitter.com/...
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@dalperovitch
Dmitri Alperovitch
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2. The reasons are not as clear cut. The groups are clearly spooked by unexplained disappearing of members (happened in July with REvil as well) and that's rattling them
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@dalperovitch
Dmitri Alperovitch
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Some thoughts on this shutdown of Blackmatter ransomware group: 🧵 https://twitter.com/...
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@thedarktangent
Jeff Moss
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Suggests the authorities have known all along and only once the pressure increased did they act. It's examples like that that convinced me that ransomware is at least 50% a political problem. https://twitter.com/...
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@gossithedog
Kevin Beaumont
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Rebrand in 3.. 2... https://twitter.com/...