Ransomware TMZ: More Than a Year of Leaks, Lies and Betrayals

This intelligence summary describes a year of escalating ransomware ecosystem turmoil—affiliate poaching, leak-site hijackings, public doxing, data dumps, and rebrands—highlighting incidents involving DragonForce, RansomHub, BlackBasta, Conti/TrickBot, LockBit, REvil, Hunters International, and others; it warns that multi-extortion, infrastructure compromise, and public shaming have increased unpredictability and operational risk for defenders.