Victims Are Rebuffing Ransomware Mass Data Theft Campaigns
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Fraud Management Cybercrime
Ransomware
ppThe Clop digital extortion gang for years perfected a method for wringing tens of millions out of cybercrime Find a zeroday flaw often in file transfer software swarm vulnerable networks and post online the sensitive data of any victim unwilling to pay for a promise of data deletionppSee Also AI Pushes Cyberattacks to New Speed LevelsppThe Russianspeaking ransomware group pioneered the tactic One 2023 campaign may have netted it as much as 100 million see Data Breach Toll Tied to Clop Groups MOVEit Attack SurgesppBut the tactic of zeroday downstream mass data extortion campaigns is losing its ability to terrorize corporations into paying protection money to cybercriminals finds ransomware incident response group CovewareppBy the time that Clop which researchers also track as Cl0p Ta505 Fin11 and Graceful Spider unleashed campaigns against Cleo Communications Harmony VLTrader and LexiCom MFT software in late 2024 and Oracle EBusiness Suite in August 2025 victims appear to have stopped paying the gangppCoveware data only extends to its customers and so doesnt encompass every victim but the trend does seem clearppCopycat campaigns also appear to be failing including online gang extortion demands made after breaches of Snowflake customers data in 2024 and the repeat targeting of Salesforce customer data in 2025 Both of those campaigns have been tied to elements of The Com cybercrime community responsible for such spinoff groups as ShinyHunters and Scattered Lapsus Shiny HuntersppCoveware data suggests that as with Clops campaigns targeting Cleo and Oracle EBS the Comtied campaigns resulted in no victims that it knows of paying despite the attention hackers drew to their extortion demands ppThe Com campaigns were prolific In the Salesforce customer datatargeting attacks alone the group amassed over 1000 victims by targeting thirdparty software providers including Salesloft and Gainsight after which it set up a dedicated dataleak site which the FBI promptly disruptedppCoveware attributes newfound willingness by victims to resist online extortion demands to a number of factors In some cases hackers simply didnt steal sensitive data worth a payout But defenders have also gotten better at defending against these types of attacks including ascertaining what data they got stolen making rebuffing shakedowns easier to doppThe drop off in payments also comes despite invasive forms of pressure that go far beyond traditional countdown clocks and leak sites often featuring attempts at emotional manipulation media manipulation and threats of violence ppSome of the harassment attacks include swatting DDoS attacks email flooding SMS flooding and other forms of harassment which are typical of Com groups says a new report from Allison Nixon сhіеf rеѕеаrсh оffісеr аt threat intelligence firm Unіt 221В who has herself been targeted by these groupsppNixon said ShinyHunters and other Com spinoffs run scams in which they promise to delete stolen data if only a victim pays but will never do so If a victim does pay that also gives the group further blackmail ammunition ppA similar trend is occurring for ransomware hackers In the final quarter of last year Coveware said the quantity of victims who paid a ransom fell to an alltime low of 20 The firm did observe an increase in average and median ransom payments increase last year from the third to the fourth quarter although that was largely due to edge cases involving a small number of outsized settlements see Ransomware by the Numbers Victim and Group Count Surges ppExecutive Editor DataBreachToday Europe ISMGppSchwartz is an awardwinning journalist with two decades of experience in magazines newspapers and electronic media He has covered the information security and privacy sector throughout his career Before joining Information Security Media Group in 2014 where he now serves as the executive editor DataBreachToday and for European news coverage Schwartz was the information security beat reporter for InformationWeek and a frequent contributor to DarkReading among other publications He lives in Scotlandpp
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improve their organizations risk management capabilities But no one is showing them how
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on the topic Ron Ross computer scientist for the National Institute of Standards and
Technology In an exclusive presentation Ross lead author of NIST Special Publication 80037
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Fraud Management Cybercrime
Ransomware
ppThe Clop digital extortion gang for years perfected a method for wringing tens of millions out of cybercrime Find a zeroday flaw often in file transfer software swarm vulnerable networks and post online the sensitive data of any victim unwilling to pay for a promise of data deletionppSee Also AI Pushes Cyberattacks to New Speed LevelsppThe Russianspeaking ransomware group pioneered the tactic One 2023 campaign may have netted it as much as 100 million see Data Breach Toll Tied to Clop Groups MOVEit Attack SurgesppBut the tactic of zeroday downstream mass data extortion campaigns is losing its ability to terrorize corporations into paying protection money to cybercriminals finds ransomware incident response group CovewareppBy the time that Clop which researchers also track as Cl0p Ta505 Fin11 and Graceful Spider unleashed campaigns against Cleo Communications Harmony VLTrader and LexiCom MFT software in late 2024 and Oracle EBusiness Suite in August 2025 victims appear to have stopped paying the gangppCoveware data only extends to its customers and so doesnt encompass every victim but the trend does seem clearppCopycat campaigns also appear to be failing including online gang extortion demands made after breaches of Snowflake customers data in 2024 and the repeat targeting of Salesforce customer data in 2025 Both of those campaigns have been tied to elements of The Com cybercrime community responsible for such spinoff groups as ShinyHunters and Scattered Lapsus Shiny HuntersppCoveware data suggests that as with Clops campaigns targeting Cleo and Oracle EBS the Comtied campaigns resulted in no victims that it knows of paying despite the attention hackers drew to their extortion demands ppThe Com campaigns were prolific In the Salesforce customer datatargeting attacks alone the group amassed over 1000 victims by targeting thirdparty software providers including Salesloft and Gainsight after which it set up a dedicated dataleak site which the FBI promptly disruptedppCoveware attributes newfound willingness by victims to resist online extortion demands to a number of factors In some cases hackers simply didnt steal sensitive data worth a payout But defenders have also gotten better at defending against these types of attacks including ascertaining what data they got stolen making rebuffing shakedowns easier to doppThe drop off in payments also comes despite invasive forms of pressure that go far beyond traditional countdown clocks and leak sites often featuring attempts at emotional manipulation media manipulation and threats of violence ppSome of the harassment attacks include swatting DDoS attacks email flooding SMS flooding and other forms of harassment which are typical of Com groups says a new report from Allison Nixon сhіеf rеѕеаrсh оffісеr аt threat intelligence firm Unіt 221В who has herself been targeted by these groupsppNixon said ShinyHunters and other Com spinoffs run scams in which they promise to delete stolen data if only a victim pays but will never do so If a victim does pay that also gives the group further blackmail ammunition ppA similar trend is occurring for ransomware hackers In the final quarter of last year Coveware said the quantity of victims who paid a ransom fell to an alltime low of 20 The firm did observe an increase in average and median ransom payments increase last year from the third to the fourth quarter although that was largely due to edge cases involving a small number of outsized settlements see Ransomware by the Numbers Victim and Group Count Surges ppExecutive Editor DataBreachToday Europe ISMGppSchwartz is an awardwinning journalist with two decades of experience in magazines newspapers and electronic media He has covered the information security and privacy sector throughout his career Before joining Information Security Media Group in 2014 where he now serves as the executive editor DataBreachToday and for European news coverage Schwartz was the information security beat reporter for InformationWeek and a frequent contributor to DarkReading among other publications He lives in Scotlandpp
ppCovering topics in risk management compliance fraud and information securityppBy submitting this form you agree to our Privacy GDPR StatementppIdentity Access ManagementppCybercrimeppArtificial Intelligence Machine LearningppAntiMoney Laundering AMLppArtificial Intelligence Machine LearningppContinue pp
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ppOverviewppFrom heightened risks to increased regulations senior leaders at all levels are pressured to
improve their organizations risk management capabilities But no one is showing them how
until nowppLearn the fundamentals of developing a risk management program from the man who wrote the book
on the topic Ron Ross computer scientist for the National Institute of Standards and
Technology In an exclusive presentation Ross lead author of NIST Special Publication 80037
the bible of risk assessment and management will share his unique insights on how toppSr Computer Scientist Information Security Researcher
National Institute of Standards and Technology NISTppWas added to your briefcaseppVictims Are Rebuffing Ransomware Mass Data Theft CampaignsppVictims Are Rebuffing Ransomware Mass Data Theft Campaignspp
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