DarkSide ransomware has been making a lot of buzz in the Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) landscape, since August 2020, with increased activity in the past few months. Though it has called for a shutdown as of now, experts say the gang received $90 million in BTC within a few months.
Recent DarkSide attacks
According to Trend Micro, DarkSide ransomware was targeting organizations in finance, manufacturing, and critical infrastructure sectors across multiple countries such as France, Belgium, Canada, and the U.S.
A couple of weeks ago, it was found that one of the ransomware variants had started targeting VM-related files on VMware’s ESXI servers. It was a Linux variant that particularly targeted ESXi servers.
Recently, the ransomware group targeted Colonial Pipeline and received a ransom of $5 million. Additionally, One Call Insurance was hit by Darkside and declared to shut down its operations.
In mid-May, the managing director of Möbelstadt Sommerlad revealed that they were hit by the DarkSide ransomware attack.
The European units of Toshiba were hit by the DarkSide ransomware group. The fir ..
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