15 ransomware gangs ‘go dark’ to enjoy 'golden parachutes'

Infosec In Brief 15 ransomware gangs, including Scattered Spider and Lapsus$, have announced that they are going dark, and say no more attacks will be carried out in their name.

In a post on Breachforums, the ransomware-slingers say they have met their objectives – exposing insecure systems, not extortion – and “silence will now be our strength.”

"If you worry about us, don't … [we] will enjoy our golden parachutes with the millions the group accumulated. Others will keep on studying and improving systems you use in your daily lives. In silence."

The groups carried out the recent attacks against Jaguar and Marks & Spencer amongst many others.

Several members of the hacking crew have already been arrested and the group said it will try to free them with "the use of our skills to humiliate those who have humiliated, predate those who have predated."

The group says there may be further ...