BlackCat ransomware crims threaten to directly extort victim's customers

The AlphV/BlackCat ransomware group said it plans to "go direct" to the clients of a firm it allegedly attacked to extort them, claiming to have infiltrated the systems of accounting software vendor Tipalti. BlackCat claims it has had access to Tipalti's systems since September 8 and alleges that since then it has managed to …

[ffRewind]

This is, quite frankly, horrendous.

[Kurgan]

It's time to start fighting back for real

It's time to take infosec to the real world with hot lead. I can't imagine why such big spending corporations have not yet tried some real world attacks (my means of thugs and assassination) to ransomware gangs.

[Clausewitz4.0]

Re: It's time to start fighting back for real

It's time to take infosec to the real world with hot lead.

I assume this happens pretty often in the real world, But it is not something one would advertise openly - like that funny website "Hire a Contract Killer"

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: It's time to start fighting back for real

> I assume this happens pretty often in the real world, But it is not something one would advertise openly - like that funny website "Hire a Contract Killer"

Since the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia to the EU - the bottom has dropped out of the Hitman market. Damn East Europeans - coming over here - taking our jobs.