BlackCat ransomware site down amidst rumours of law enforcement action

Though no agency has released information about an operation

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BlackCat ransomware site down amidst rumours of law enforcement action

The official leak website of the ALPHV ransomware group, aka BlackCat, has been offline for five days, fuelling speculation that law enforcement may have finally caught up with the prolific ransomware group.

The ALPHV data leak site, along with the Tor negotiation URLs shared with victims in ransom notes, went offline on 7th December and have yet to be restored. Security researchers, including Yelis...

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