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Genevieve Stark, head of cybercrime analysis at Google Threat Intelligence Group, said DragonForce could be attempting to attract
The hacking group is also believed to be behind attacks on the pages of other rivals, including BlackLock and Mamona, according to
Sophos.Stark warned that whatever the motive, the fallout brings with it an increased risk of cyberattacks
double extortions remain rare, US company UnitedHealth Group was the victim of one last year due to a fallout between hacking groups.In that
case, RansomHub was approached by affiliate hacker group, Notchy, to try to extort a second ransom payment after an initial $22 million fee
cybersecurity experts.A person familiar with the UnitedHealth hack said multiple extortion attempts were commonplace in cyberattacks, but
that follow-up attempts were often opportunistic and lacked credibility.Rafe Pilling, director of threat intelligence at Sophos, said in a
worst-case scenario, the conflict between DragonForce and RansomHub could see them both target the same victim in a battle for
attacks.DragonForce, which was first identified in August 2023, listed a total of 82 victims on its dark-web site in the following 12
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