DarkSide: The Rise and The Fall
Cybercriminal activity of DarkSide gang was first spotted on August 10th, 2020, when the group made an initial announcement on its blog hosted on the Tor network and immediately caught some attention of the information security industry not only because of the sound of confidence of the message by stating that they already had previous experience in this kind of operation and have earned millions partnering with other cryptolockers and they were not coming from nowhere. The post also made sure that they had a clear ‘code of conduct’ as per the types of industries they would allow the affiliates to target with their malware by limiting the attacks only to companies that could pay for the requested amount after business analysis of their net incomes and not targeting the ones from medical and education sectors, not-for-profit organizations, and government companies. Finally, after a series of successful attacks with several companies having their data encrypted and others being double-ex