Joe Tidy, the BBC’s Cyber correspondent, has confirmed in an article on the website that the people behind the recent cyber attacks on the Co-op were hackers from a cyber crime service called DragonForce
DragonForce offers cyber criminal affiliates various services on their darknet site in exchange for a 20% cut of any ransoms collected. Anyone can sign up and use their malicious software to scramble a victim’s data or use their darknet website for their public extortion.
This has become the norm in organised cyber crime; it’s known as ransomware-as-a-service. DragonForce recently rebranded itself as a cartel offering even more options to hackers including 24/7 customer support, for example.
Regarding the attacks on M7S and Harrods, Tidy adds: “Although the hackers didn’t tell me explicitly that they were behind the recent hacks on M&S and Harrods, they confirmed a report in Bloomberg that spelt it out.
“Of course, they are criminals and could be lying.”
Find out more here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgr5nen5gxyo