Flush with bitcoin, hacker group behind Colonial Pipeline attack says it's done

When you're newly in the money with roughly $17.5 million worth of cryptocurrency, $5 million of which came courtesy of Colonial Pipeline, it makes sense to take some time off work and enjoy yourself. 

DarkSide, the possibly Russian-based hacking group behind the ransomware which prompted Colonial Pipeline to proactively take its 5,500 miles of U.Spipeline briefly offline, claimed Thursday that it had been forced to end its affiliates program. The program, which was a sort of ransomware-as-a-service business model, involved providing hackers access to DarkSide's ransomware software in exchange for a cut of any proceeds.   Read more...

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