Fortune 50 biz coughed up record-breaking $75M ransom to halt leak of stolen data

Zscaler's ThreatLabz report and related reporting detail that the Dark Angels ransomware group executed a targeted, stealthy data exfiltration against a Fortune 50 company and secured a record $75 million ransom payment to prevent leaks; the group focuses on single high-value victims, often foregoing encryption and instead using extortion based on stolen terabytes of data, with prior activity involving RagnarLocker and Babuk variants and tactics influenced by insurers and careful operational security.