Neowin News Feed for: Darkside

U.S. Department of Justice recovers $2.3 million in Bitcoin paid to ransomware group

Usama Jawad — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 05:06:01 +0000

The U.S. DoJ has announced that it has seized $2.3 million worth of Bitcoin that had been paid to ransomware-as-a-service group DarkSide, which was involved in the Colonial Pipeline attack last month. Read more...

Colonial Pipeline joins Brenntag in paying millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin as ransom

Subir Kathuria — Fri, 14 May 2021 12:52:01 +0000

According to sources, Colonial Pipeline paid DarkSide hackers nearly $5 million in ransom. This news comes just after it was revealed that German chemical company Brenntag also paid $4.4 million. Read more...