Fifteen Ransomware Groups Announce Sudden Retirement
Several notorious ransomware crews say they are disbanding, though experts doubt the silence will last.
Hackers claim mission accomplished
In a surprising announcement on the underground forum Breachforums, 15 ransomware groups, including Scattered Spider and Lapsus$, declared they are ceasing operations. The threat actors insisted their campaigns were never about extortion but rather about exposing insecure systems.
The cybercrime groups even left a message pointing to their “retirement,” s