Darkside

US recovers ransom payment made to pipeline hackers

US Justice Department says it has recovered more than half of $4.4 million paid by Colonial Pipeline to Russia-based ransomware extortionists Darkside, who had forced shutdown of major US fuel network.

Servers of US oil pipeline hackers Darkside gets shut down

Mounting speculation suggests US military's Cyber Command took punitive action against the disruptive Russia-based cyber-extortionist group.

Major US pipeline remains largely shut down after cybersecurity attack

Gas prices jumped in the United States following the ransomware attack believed to have been carried out by a criminal gang known as DarkSide that cultivates a Robin Hood image of stealing from corporations and giving a cut to charity.