Security News > 2021 > June > Fake DarkSide gang targets energy, food industry in extortion emails
Threat actors impersonate the now-defunct DarkSide Ransomware operation in fake extortion emails sent to companies in the energy and food sectors.
In a new report, Trend Micro researchers reveal that a new extortion campaign started in June where threat actors are impersonating the DarkSide ransomware gang.
"Several companies in the energy and food industry have recently received threatening emails supposedly from DarkSide," explains Trend Micro researcher Cedric Pernet.
This new extortion campaign consists of emails sent to companies or through their website contact forms that state the ransomware gang hacked the company's servers and stole data during the attack.
According to Trend Micro, all of the emails use the same bitcoin address.
An extortion demand submitted through a site's contact form and seen by BleepingComputer showed that this bitcoin address is bc1qcwrl3yaj8pqevj5hw3363tycx2x6m4nkaaqd5e.