HACKERS SHUTDOWN SHADE & TROLDESH RANSOMWARE OPERATION AND RELEASE 750,000 DECRYPTION KEYS. BUT WHY?

According to security testing course specialists, the group of malicious hackers behind ransomware attacks using the malware variant Shade (also known as Troldesh) have decided to shut down their operations. The hackers released more than 750,000 decryption keys and apologized for the inconvenience caused to the victims of their attacks. This hacking group was active for almost six years and, unlike other ransomware attack operator groups, its victims were mainly based in Ukraine and Russia.

Michael Gillespie, founder of ID Ransomware (a platform to help victims of encryption malware) mentions that queries on his Shade-related website began to decline in late 2019, after remaining at constant levels for nearly three years. For obvious reasons, this behavior caught the attention of the cybersecurity community.

Security testing course experts mention that the answer to this question finally came last weekend, when Shade operators created a repository on GitHub and posted a message saying they stopped distributing this malware for a few months now.  

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