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Re:DarkSide ransomware gang quits after servers, Bitcoin sta... by hinkley on Friday May 14, 2021 @06:14PM (#27160264)
As far as I'm concerned, ransomware attacks essentially fall into the same classification as highwaymen, bandits, and pirates. We tend to take those pretty seriously. Or at least, we did once they've robbed the wrong people.

Sounds like the ransomeware people finally robbed the wrong people.

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Re:DarkSide ransomware gang quits after servers, Bitcoin sta... by lovemenot on Friday May 14, 2021 @07:29PM (#27160745)
We have only DarkSide's word for what happened to them. No corroboration.

Not saying it's false, but the story doesn't ring true to me.

They appear to be sophisticated, yet they made the newbie error of keeping all the funds in a network accessible device, rather than a cold wallet. Really?

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Re:DarkSide ransomware gang quits after servers, Bitcoin sta... by spoonjim on Saturday May 15, 2021 @03:31AM (#27163215)
One of the things that criminal gangs always need to be aware of is being defrauded by their own collaborators. So they often have to make sub-optimal choices on OpSec because they have to work with hostile actors.
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