Ransomware gangs disrupted by response to Colonial Pipeline hack


FILE PHOTO A man types on a computer keyboard in this illustration picture taken February 28 2013.  REUTERSKacper PempelFile PhotoFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A man types on a computer keyboard in this illustration picture taken February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo/File Photo

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Multiple ransomware groups claimed they were shutting down or scaling back operations on Friday as the U.S. government ramped up pressure while tech companies, cryptocurrency exchanges and others worried about getting caught in the crossfire.

DarkSide, the Russian-speaking gang blamed by the FBI for a hacking attack that led to a six-day fuel pipeline shutdown, said it was going out of business after losing access to some of its servers.

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