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tl;dr nerds think ALPHV is doing exit scam, ALPHV blames FBI
March 3rd an ALPHV affiliate went onto RAMP and claimed that ALPHV administrative staff scammed them. They alleged they were responsible for the attack against Change Healthcare and, when trying to log into their panel, noticed their ALPHV affiliate account was suspended. To show proof of this they shared an alleged ALPHV wallet. Researchers believe Change Healthcare paid $22,000,000. Change Healthcare has not publicly confirmed or denied paying the ransom. ALPHV administration displayed a status online saying "Everything is off, we decide". Shortly after it was changed to "GG" - 'Good Game'.
Later on, on March 4th, "Affiliate Plus" ALPHV account holders expressed frustration that their accounts were suddenly closed - unable to perform their ransomware attacks. They claimed ALPHV administrative staff was ignoring them.
Later, later, later on March 4th, ALPHV administrative staff relayed an ambiguous message. They stated that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation was responsible (for ???). We are not sure if they are saying the RAMP post was the FBI, trying to damage their reputation, or if ALPHV administrative staff is claiming the FBI intentionally attacked American critical infrastructure.
Later, later, later, later on March 4th, ALPHV put the source code to ALPHV ransomware for sale for $5,000,000.
Today, March 5th, the ALPHV domain shows an FBI seizure message. However, researchers have indicated that the HTML source code looks suspicious and they believe this is a phony FBI seizure page. There has not been any official announcement from the United States Department of Justice to confirm or deny this seizure notice on the ALPHV domain.
tl;dr nerds think ALPHV is doing exit scam, ALPHV blames FBI
March 3rd an ALPHV affiliate went onto RAMP and claimed that ALPHV administrative staff scammed them. They alleged they were responsible for the attack against Change Healthcare and, when trying to log into their panel, noticed their ALPHV affiliate account was suspended. To show proof of this they shared an alleged ALPHV wallet. Researchers believe Change Healthcare paid $22,000,000. Change Healthcare has not publicly confirmed or denied paying the ransom. ALPHV administration displayed a status online saying "Everything is off, we decide". Shortly after it was changed to "GG" - 'Good Game'.
Later on, on March 4th, "Affiliate Plus" ALPHV account holders expressed frustration that their accounts were suddenly closed - unable to perform their ransomware attacks. They claimed ALPHV administrative staff was ignoring them.
Later, later, later on March 4th, ALPHV administrative staff relayed an ambiguous message. They stated that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation was responsible (for ???). We are not sure if they are saying the RAMP post was the FBI, trying to damage their reputation, or if ALPHV administrative staff is claiming the FBI intentionally attacked American critical infrastructure.
Later, later, later, later on March 4th, ALPHV put the source code to ALPHV ransomware for sale for $5,000,000.
Today, March 5th, the ALPHV domain shows an FBI seizure message. However, researchers have indicated that the HTML source code looks suspicious and they believe this is a phony FBI seizure page. There has not been any official announcement from the United States Department of Justice to confirm or deny this seizure notice on the ALPHV domain.
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There are rumors of a DDoS attack against social media giant Meta (formerly Facebook). We don't know if it's true. However, as is tradition, we just assume it to be a DNS issue.
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Just saw a large group of people, probably age 55+, on Twitter angrily tagging Joe Biden and blaming him for Facebook and Instagram having connectivity issues.
The internet is cool and badass
The internet is cool and badass
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Today the United States Department of Justice announced the indictment of Linwei Ding. He's charged with 4 counts of theft of trade secrets.
tl;dr he was sending Google AI secrets to Chinese based AI companies he was secretly working at
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-national-residing-california-arrested-theft-artificial-intelligence-related-trade
tl;dr he was sending Google AI secrets to Chinese based AI companies he was secretly working at
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-national-residing-california-arrested-theft-artificial-intelligence-related-trade
www.justice.gov
Chinese National Residing in California Arrested for Theft of
A federal grand jury indicted Linwei Ding, aka Leon Ding, charging him with four counts of theft of trade secrets in connection with an alleged plan to steal from Google LLC (Google) proprietary information related to artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
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whoever decided to implement SecureBoot for Windows OS' should be thrown out of a helicopter while they're kicking and screaming
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Russia-based Cyber Threat Intelligence firms have an APT name designated for the United States government: Sand Eagle
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Russia-based Cyber Threat Intelligence firms do not list Lockbit or Babuk ransomware group as financially motivated or state-sponsored Threat Actors - they're tools. See attached image #3 for list of known ransomware groups 🤔🤔🤔🤔
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In the entire document Lockbit is noted 7 times, Conti is listed 4 times, ALPHV is never mentioned. There references to Lockbit are often looked over as a note, not really described in detail. They're seen as 'encryption programs'.
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We are postponing vx-underground trivia night to March 15th, 2024. Helen got COVID19 😭
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Today it was announced Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball, passed away. Today will act as an international day of mourning for all Dragon Ball nerds for all memories and memes Mr. Toriyama brought us.
More information: https://en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_2499.html
More information: https://en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_2499.html
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