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BlackCat ransomware shuts down in exit scam, blames the “feds”

BleepingComputer, March 5, 2024. ALPHV/BlackCat's March 2024 shutdown as an exit scam: the gang posted a fake law-enforcement seizure banner on its data leak site while Europol and the NCA told BleepingComputer they had no involvement in any recent disruption of ALPHV infrastructure..

Source type
News report
Published
March 5, 2024
Research grade
S1
Used in entries
2

Bibliographic record

Publisher
BleepingComputer
Published
March 5, 2024
Source type
News report
Research grade
Source grade S1
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
Address
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/blackcat-ransomware-shuts-down-in-exit-scam-blames-the-feds/
What it supports
ALPHV/BlackCat's March 2024 shutdown as an exit scam: the gang posted a fake law-enforcement seizure banner on its data leak site while Europol and the NCA told BleepingComputer they had no involvement in any recent disruption of ALPHV infrastructure.
Dataset id
src_bleepingcomputer_blackcat_exit_scam_2024

Research notes

  • By Ionut Ilascu.

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Cited 2 times across 2 record types.

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1 citation

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Later activity

1 citation

Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.

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