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#1 BleepingComputer general September 19, 2026 at 13:48 UTC

ShinyHunters hacks Clop leak site, threatens to extort ransomware gang

By Lawrence Abrams

AI Summary

ShinyHunters breached Clop ransomware's Tor-hosted data leak site, defacing it and allegedly exfiltrating server data along with the private keys for Clop's onion service. This is a rare instance of one major criminal group attacking another, and the theft of onion service private keys could expose Clop's infrastructure and victim communications to further compromise.

Relevance score: 88.0/100

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