{"id":2522,"date":"2021-06-01T18:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/news\/?p=2522"},"modified":"2026-06-08T23:16:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:16:03","slug":"business-ransomware-reorganisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/emerging-threats\/business-ransomware-reorganisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Ransomware: ongoing reorganisation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the attack on <strong>Colonial Pipeline<\/strong> by a <strong>DarkSide<\/strong> ransomware operator and subsequent attention from United States national security authorities, a reorganization of criminal groups and underground dynamics connected to the <strong>RaaS<\/strong> (Ransomware-as-a-Service) business appears to have been initiated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PROMETHEUS: Ransomware Operator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notable is the case of a new criminal group initially self-identified as &#8220;PROMETHEUS: Group of REvil&#8221;, subsequently changing to a more generic &#8220;GROUP OF COMPANIES&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2525\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BABUK Locker Ransomware<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The developers of <strong>BABUK Locker<\/strong> have announced their intention to establish a dedicated <strong><em>leak<\/em><\/strong> site, recently publishing &#8220;<strong>payload.bin<\/strong>&#8220;. It remains unclear whether the group has decided to rebrand or whether this platform will be used exclusively as a resale marketplace for exfiltrated data. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/en\/cyber-threat-intelligence\/\">Cyber Threat Intelligence<\/a> operations continue monitoring this infrastructure for operational indicators and victim attribution patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2526\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GRIEF: New Criminal Group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/image-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2533\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These organizational shifts within the ransomware-as-a-service ecosystem reflect broader operational security adaptations following heightened law enforcement scrutiny of high-profile infrastructure targeting campaigns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ransomware ecosystem reorganisation following law-enforcement pressure: rebrandings, splinter groups, affiliate movement and intelligence priorities for defenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3271,44,153,3346,275,280,283,3344,3345,295],"class_list":["post-2522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emerging-threats","tag-affiliate-movement","tag-babuk","tag-gang","tag-law-enforcement-pressure","tag-prometheus","tag-raas","tag-ransomware","tag-ransomware-ecosystem","tag-rebranding","tag-revil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9923,"href":"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522\/revisions\/9923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fortgale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}