Security News > 2021 > June > Clop ransomware is back in business after recent arrests
The Clop ransomware operation is back in business after recent arrests and has begun listing new victims on their data leak site again.
While the Clop operation laid low for about a week, the ransomware gang has sprung back into action yesterday after releasing the data for two new victims on their ransomware data leak site.
"The law enforcement raids in Ukraine associated with CLOP ransomware were limited to the cash-out/money laundering side of CLOP's business only," Intel 471 said at the time of the arrests.
"The overall impact to CLOP is expected to be minor although this law enforcement attention may result in the CLOP brand getting abandoned as we've recently seen with other ransomware groups like DarkSide and Babuk."
While Clop is back in action, law enforcement operations have dealt numerous blows to ransomware groups this year by targeting affiliates and the infrastructure that fuels the criminal activities.
The Clop ransomware gang has been operating since March 2019, when it first began targeting the enterprise using a variant of the CryptoMix ransomware.