Ransomware-wielding attackers continue to seek victims who will pay them ransoms that can reach tens of millions of dollars. Security experts have been able to directly contact victims of attacks launched by DarkSide ransomware. Security firm Emsisoft says it discovered the first such flaw in the Windows version of DarkSide on Dec. 12, 2020, which persisted until DarkSide issued an update on Jan. 12. After the reappearance, “BlackMatter introduced a change to their ransomware payload that allowed us to once again recover victims’ data without the need for a ransom to be paid””]