NEW Cooperative Inc., an Iowa-based farm services co-op, has reportedly been targeted by the BlackMatter ransomware gang, which is demanding a $5.9 million payment from the organization, according to security researchers and published reports.
The attack appears to have happened on Friday and might be the work of a Russian-speaking cyber gang called BlackMatter, according to Allan Liska, an intelligence analyst at Recorded Future. And while the BlackMatter gang is relatively new, several security researchers believe the group is a reconstituted version of an organization called DarkSide, which targeted Colonial Pipeline Co. in May and disrupted fuel deliveries along the U.S. East Coast
