The number of ransomware double-extortion groups posting to leak sites hit an all-time high in May, with 40 groups actively listing victims that month, according to Secureworks’ State of the Threat 8th Edition report published Tuesday. The Secureworks report outlines the ongoing results of law enforcement disruption of ALPHV/BlackCat and LockBit between the end of the 2023 and mid-2024, namely fragmentation of the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) ecosystem and spreading out of affiliates to various double extortion groups both old and new.

Source: SC Magazine