Global Police Operations Seize 8 Base Ransomware Gangryk Sites
A group of international law enforcement seized a dark web leak site for the 8-base ransomware gang as part of its takedown operation.
“This hidden site and criminal content was seized by the Bavarian National Criminal Police Station on behalf of the Bamberg prosecutor’s office,” reads a message about the gang’s dark web leak site seen by TechCrunch.
According to the seizure message, law enforcement agencies in Europe, Japan, the US and the UK were involved in the Takedown business.
Lucy Snedon, a spokesman for the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), confirmed the legitimacy of the Takedown message in an email to TechCrunch. The UK played a “supportive role” in its operations, the UK agency said.
Representatives from other law enforcement agencies involved in Takedown did not immediately answer TechCrunch questions.
8 Base Ransomware Gang is the economically motivated hacking group first observed in 2022. The groups that security experts link to are Ransom House’s Terror Groupknown for its recruitment Double expansion tacticsif the victim does not pay the ransom demand, the criminal will encrypt it and then threaten to release confidential information.
In 2023, the US government warned of that 8 Base Gang focused on “indiscriminatory targeting” for multiple sectors The entire United States, mainly including medical care. The gang also claimed responsibility for the cyber attacks United Nations Development Programme last year.
In a message from the dark web leak site before this week’s takedown, 8Base stated that he is “an honest and simple pentester.” Like the prolific Clop ransomware gang, 8Base only argued for target organizations that “ignored the privacy and importance of employee and customer data.”
8 Base is known to use various strains of ransomware in attacks, including Phobo. Last year, the US government Delivery has been secured He is suspected of being a Russian hacker who is said to have served as the main manager of the prolific Phobos ransomware business.