The staggering sum of US $75 million has reportedly been paid to a ransomware gang in what is believed to be the largest known ransom payment made by a cyber attack victim since records began.
Dark Angels, which emerged in May 2022, has targeted a wide range of industries including healthcare, finance, government, and education, launching attacks against large industrial, technological and telecoms companies.
Through its Dunghill data leak site on the dark web, Dark Angels claims to be 'an international team of technical specialists conducting research in the field of information security' but is in reality focused on extortion for making money.
In a high-profile incident, Dark Angels hit a multinational conglomerate, encrypted its VMware ESXi virtual machines, claimed to have stolen over 27 TB of corporate data, and demanded a US $51 million ransom.
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