The Never-ending Ransomware Story

This blog-style report reviews the evolving ransomware landscape, recounting major incidents (Colonial Pipeline, JBS, Kaseya), the widespread practice of double-extortion and supply-chain attacks, and how prominent groups repeatedly rebrand (e.g., DarkSide→BlackMatter, Bitpaymer→Doppelpaymer→Grief, Cerber→Gandcrab→REvil) to evade attention and regain operational capacity; it warns that rebranding is a recurring trend and that ransomware activity remains a significant and persistent threat.