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5 of 22 hedged
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Cybercrime feud erupts on dark web as notorious group claims hijack of rival’s website
WASHINGTON –
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group → erupt → website
One of the world’s best-known cybercrime groups said on Sept 20 it had hijacked one of its chief rivals’ sites on the dark web, bringing what it said was a long-simmering feud out into the open.
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it → know → open
ShinyHunters, a digital extortion group known for aggressive data theft campaigns, said it broke into the dark web site of cybercrime gang cl0p on Sept 18 after discovering a vulnerability in cl0p’s software and using it to establish wide-ranging control over the group’s infrastructure.
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it → know → infrastructure
“We basically own them now,” ShinyHunters said in an online chat with Reuters.
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ShinyHunters → own → Reuters
Cl0p did not respond to repeated messages seeking comment.
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Cl0p → respond → comment
The group’s dark web site was unreachable when Reuters tried to access it on Sept 20.
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Reuters → try → Sept
On Sept 19 it displayed the words, “Domain Seized By ShinyHunters”, according to a screenshot preserved by cybercrime research platform eCrime.ch.
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it → display → eCrime.ch
Two cybersecurity experts told Reuters the clash appeared to be genuine.
“Street beefs on the dark web are a real thing,” said Brandon Parsons, a threat intelligence manager with Minnesota-based Ascent Solutions.
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Parsons → tell → Solutions
Joe Roosen, the senior director of security research at Texas-based SpyCloud, said that he had never seen one cybercrime group take another head-on so openly.
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group → base → another
“This was a twist for sure,” he said.
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he → say → ?
“It is rare I get to see these criminals fight each other.”
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criminals → get → other
ShinyHunters said it had been at loggerheads with cl0p over the alleged theft in 2025 of a software exploit taking advantage of what was then an unknown flaw in Oracle’s E-Business Suite (EBS).
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what → say → Suite
Such “zero days” – so-called because cybersecurity teams have had zero days to fix them – are particularly treasured by hackers because they can be used to gain sweeping access to vulnerable networks.
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they → call → networks
Cl0p, a Russian-speaking cybercrime gang, used the EBS vulnerability to steal data from what a Google analyst estimated was more than 100 companies, but ShinyHunters told Reuters it had discovered the zero day first.
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it → speak → day
As the dispute festered, cl0p threatened to reveal the identities of several of its rival group’s members, according to ShinyHunters.
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cl0p → fester → ShinyHunters
ShinyHunters in turn threatened to reveal the details of cl0p’s internal workings.
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ShinyHunters → threaten → workings
Reuters could not immediately establish the veracity of ShinyHunters’ account of the feud.
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Reuters → establish → feud
Cl0p is counted as one of the most prolific and innovative cybercrime groups, largely because of its skill in finding and exploiting vulnerabilities in enterprise software.
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Cl0p → count → software
In 2023, cl0p leveraged a bug in MOVEit file management software to steal data on tens of millions of people from more than 600 companies.
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cl0p → leverage → companies
In August, it claimed to have stolen large volumes of data from nearly 50 companies worldwide, including Philips, Shell, Fiserv and GE.
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it → claim → Philips
It drew media attention in April for its claim to have stolen millions of business records from video game developer Rockstar Games, the maker of the Grand Theft Auto series, and for a hack in May centred on education tool Canvas that caused widespread disruption across US schools.
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that → draw → schools
Earlier in September, AI company Anthropic said it had caught ShinyHunters-linked hackers trying to use its tools.
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hackers → say → tools
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