Ransomware Awareness – New Extortion Tactic Uses Spoofed Website of Victim to Publish Stolen Data

The most recent tactic by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group involves creating a replica of a victim’s website to publish stolen data openly on the internet. At this time, it is unclear if this extortion tactic will prove successful, but this development does highlight the need for organizations to protect against domain spoofing as part of a ransomware resilience strategy.