id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt www-nytimes-com-9898 Secret Chats Show How Cybergang Became a Ransomware Powerhouse - The New York Times .html text/html 2553 153 63 Just weeks before DarkSide attacked Colonial Pipeline, disrupting fuel supplies in the eastern United States, the ransomware gang was putting the screws to a family-owned producer of school yearbooks.Credit...Travis Dove for The New York Times "I laughed to the depth of my soul about the leaked IDs possibly being used by pedophiles to enter the school," he said in Russian in a secret chat with DarkSide obtained by The New York Times. DarkSide's services include providing technical support for hackers, negotiating with targets like the publishing company, processing payments, and devising tailored pressure campaigns through blackmail and other means, such as secondary hacks to crash websites. In the chat with someone from the group's customer support, Woris complained that the gang's ransomware platform was difficult to use, costing him time and money as he worked with DarkSide to extort cash from the American publishing company. ./cache/www-nytimes-com-9898.html ./txt/www-nytimes-com-9898.txt