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The closing of the Hunters International brand may be linked to governments forbidding, or demanding that victims report, ransom payments, as well as to increased pressure against ransomware-as-a-service gangs from police and cybersecurity companies in the past two years. Early in 2024, international law enforcement agencies arrested two members of the LockBit ransomware gang and seized the group’s web infrastructure. Then, in October, Europol announced new arrests. Also last year, the FBI said it had disrupted the Radar/Dispossesor gang and dismantled its servers in the US, the UK and Germany. In addition, a number of botnets that distribute ransomware and information stealers, such as those targeted in last year’s Operation Endgame against over 100 servers distributing malware, have been smashed or crippled.
“Is this being done in a fit of remorse, or due to potential law enforcement actions as more and more cooperation and coordination is occurring between international law enforcement entities as they go after these groups?” asked Erich Kron, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4. “It’s an answer we may never know. This may also be a rebranding, something that is believed may have happened previously with this group as many believe it was related to the Hive group when they dissolved. Either way, this is liable to leave many of their affiliates unhappy as they are not likely to get paid for the infections they started, but which free decryptors are being given to the victims.”
“Odds are at least some of these folks are going to splinter off to other groups, or may have created their own already, so organizations can’t exactly rest any easier,” he added. “Odds are any new groups spawned from this old one will continue to use tactics like social engineering to target victims, so ensuring organizations have a robust human risk management platform in place is still as critical as ever.”
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