DarkSide Affiliates Claim Gang’s Bitcoin Deposit

From ehackingnews.com

Multiple associates have protested about not being charged for past services since the DarkSide ransomware operation was shut down a week ago, and have filed a petition for bitcoins in escrow on a hacker forum. Escrow systems are popular in Russian-language cybercriminal cultures to prevent scams between sellers and buyers. The deposit is a direct message from ransomware operations that they mean business. 

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