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Hacker Group DarkSide Suspected of Carrying Cyber Attack on Top US Pipeline Operator Colonial
News 18The ransomware group linked to the extortion attempt that has snared fuel deliveries across the US East Coast may be new, but that doesn’t mean its hackers are amateurs. “It looks like someone who’s been there, done that.” DarkSide is one of a number of increasingly professionalised groups of digital extortionists, with a mailing list, a press center, a victim hotline and even a supposed code of conduct intended to spin the group as reliable, if ruthless, business partners. DarkSide’s site on the dark web hints at their hackers’ past crimes, claims they previously made millions from extortion and that just because their software was new “that does not mean that we have no experience and we came from nowhere.” The site also features a Hall of Shame-style gallery of leaked data from victims who haven’t paid up, advertising stolen documents from more than 80 companies across the United States and Europe. Reuters was not immediately able to verify the group’s various claims but one of the more recent victims featured on its list was Georgia-based rugmaker Dixie Group Inc which publicly disclosed a digital shakedown attempt affecting “portions of its information technology systems” last month. “It’s the last thing they need.” As for DarkSide, which usually isn’t shy about putting out press releases and promises registered journalists “fast replies within 24 hours,” the group has stayed uncharacteristically silent.
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US recovers most of ransom paid after Colonial Pipeline hack
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The Independent
Colonial Pipeline posted cybersecurity job opening before attack
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Criminal group originating from Russia believed to be behind pipeline cyberattack
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