BlackCat Ransomware Group 'Seizure' Appears to Be Exit Scam

Affiliate Claims Administrators Kept All $22 Million Paid by Change Healthcare
The administrators of the BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service group claim law enforcement has shut down their operation. But experts and affiliates accuse the group's leadership of running an exit scam on the heels of a $22 million ransom payment by a recent victim - Optum's Change Healthcare unit.

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