Ransomware gangs such as BlackMatter typically steal data from a company's network before encrypting it and then threatening to release the files online if the ransom used to decrypt them is not paid.

The attackers' goal is not to compromise systems or demand ransoms, but to collect valuable information that they can later use or sell to others. A spokesman for the UN Secretary-General said the organisation was "a frequent target of cyber attacks".

Ragnar Locker #Ransomware group warns the victims: "Dear clients if you want to resolve all issues smoothly, don't ask the Police to do this for you. We will find out and punish with all our effort" .

Kerala police will soon set up a cybercrime investigation unit to coordinate Web-based investigations and provide the services of technical experts, said Pinarayi Vijayan, chief minister of India's Kerala state.

The Australian Federal Police and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission will now have unprecedented powers to infiltrate criminal networks using domestic servers operating on the dark web.

The stolen Puma data includes the source codes of internal management applications purportedly linked to the company's product management portal. That data could be used by attackers to mount a more sophisticated attack on the company.

Although Phorpiex's C&C servers are currently inactive, anyone who buys the source code could set up their servers and gain access to infected devices.

The dark web is a more flexible tool used in the current epidemic of new crowns and allows for anonymous delivery via cryptocurrencies. Mafia groups have made particular use of the cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Monero.

Last week, information provided to Victoria police by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) prompted the largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure by Australian law enforcement. A 31-year-old woman from Kinglake, north of Melbourne, and a 30-year-old man from Preston were arrested.

A number of police officers in the Bangalore police system with technical knowledge of the Internet and the ability to work with it created teams to track dark web activity, and in January this year, after continuous monitoring of dark web activity, Indian police seized LSD worth Rs. 13 billion.