Feds bust minor league Radar/Dispossessor ransomware gang

The Dispossessor ransomware group is the latest to enter the cybercrime graveyard with the Feds proudly laying claim to the takedown. Ransomware groups typically have leak blogs where their victims' data is posted and this case is no different. The leak blog existed until this week, but it was simply called "Leaked Data" …

[Paul Herber]

'... sent to the shops ... '

Is retail therapy a new form of punishment? Yes, it is for us men who have to endure their lady choosing new shoes or selecting which top to go with them, but ... mmm, yes, 3 years of that could well be sufficiently disciplinary.

[Doctor Syntax]

Shoes. Does anything merit such cruel and unusual punishment?

[Doctor Syntax]

"they do not appear to be a particularly impactful or active ransomware group, so why go after them,"

What a numpty line of thinking. They're criminals disrupting and robbing legitimate businesses, that's why.

[collinsl]

Exactly - the police have to act on lawbreaking whenever they come across it, this was them acting on lawbreaking.

[Grunchy]

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