The criminal group behind BlackMatter ransomware announces plans to shut down the operation, citing “pressure from the authorities”
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Discussion
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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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@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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@jamiemaccoll
Jamie MacColl
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I've seen a lot of people interpret ‘local authorities’ as Russian law enforcement/intelligence but could it not also refer to recent operations in Ukraine? https://twitter.com/...
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@uuallan
@uuallan
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I am cautiously optimistic about this (with the awareness that the actors behind BlackMatter have had nine lives). Law enforcement action taken against ransomware groups in 2021 (10+) are having a legitimate deteriorative effect on ransomware operations. Let's keep it up! https:/…
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@marcambinder
Marc Ambinder
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There are a LOT of major, coordinated, secret spooky Cybercom/NSA/FBI/GCHQ/BND ops going on now, and I bet we'll find out about them in a few months. Someone will also leak the fact of a late spring / early summer classified national security directive to this end, too. https://t…
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@malwarejake
Jake Williams
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Whether law enforcement is involved in core members being “unavailable” this definitely will send shockwaves through the ransomware operator community. In the wake of REvil being infiltrated by law enforcement, it's hard to see this not causing more trust issues with affiliates. …
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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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@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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@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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@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/...