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Clop Hack: ShinyHunters Hijacks Data Leak Site

SOCRadarby ameer ()1 · 1 read
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ShinyHunters hijacked and defaced rival ransomware gang Clop's dark-web leak site.

ShinyHunters hijacked and defaced the dark-web data leak site run by the Clop ransomware gang, also known as Cl0p. SOCRadar describes the takeover as one major cybercrime group turning on a rival's extortion infrastructure. The report does not describe a new ransomware attack against an outside victim organization.

Key facts
  • ShinyHunters defaced Clop's own dark-web leak site.
  • Clop, also called Cl0p, is a rival ransomware gang.
  • The story is a gang-on-gang takeover, not a new victim extortion.
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ATT&CK
T1491.002 External Defacement
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shinyhuntersclopcl0pleak-siteransomwaredark-webdefacement
Threat actors
ShinyHuntersClop

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Clop Hack: ShinyHunters Hijacks Data Leak Site ShinyHunters has turned the tables on rival cybercrime operation Clop (a. k. a.

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