Cybercriminal group ShinyHunters has a surprising new victim: CLOP, a rival hacking group with its own infamous record.
Over the weekend, ShinyHunters boasted about hijacking and defacing CLOP’s site on the dark web with an image of a Pokémon. ShinyHunters, perhaps best known for the Canvas breach at thousands of schools earlier this year, claims to have hacked CLOP’s site by exploiting a vulnerability in the Grav content management system that CLOP was using.
BleepingComputer noticed that the hacked CLOP site was circulating a text file that, when downloaded, said: “THIS SITE HAS BEEN PWN3D BY SHINYHUNTERES #Skids10p – Maybe don’t try to threaten us next time.”
ShinyHunters claims it stole data from CLOP and is demanding an eight-figure ransom. It continues to troll CLOP, going as far as to use the first names of some of its members. “Every 24 hours you fail to engage with us, the demands increase. The demand now includes a mandatory apology issued directly to me PUBLICLY,” ShinyHunters wrote on its own site today.
(Credit: ShinyHunters)
It’s rare to see one cybercriminal group attack another so openly. But ShinyHunters told Reuters that they are feuding with CLOP for allegedly stealing a way to hack a serious vulnerability in Oracle’s E-Business Suite software, which CLOP used last year to hack into several companies.
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Targeting CLOP could be a major payday for Shinyhunters. The Russian-speaking CLOP gang has been active since 2019 and has been linked to ransomware attacks worldwide. For now, CLOP has responded in a brief messages on its site: “Shiny Hunters we trying to reach you. Your email does not work. Come online old platform no email.”
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