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ALPHV/BLACKCAT
CLASSIFICATION
CRITICAL THREAT (DEFUNCT)
By The Numbers
$395 MILLION
Highest ransoms ever (FinCEN)
100+ MILLION
Americans in Change Healthcare breach
1,000+
Total victims worldwide
$22 MILLION
Exit scam from own affiliate
What This Report Covers
Colonial Pipeline Lineage
How DarkSide became BlackMatter became ALPHV, tracing the same operators across three devastating ransomware brands.
First Rust Ransomware
Technical analysis of the first major ransomware written in Rust, achieving cross-platform capability and evading traditional security tools.
Change Healthcare Catastrophe
Deep dive into the largest healthcare data breach in U.S. history, affecting 1 in 3 American patient records. Z7-BAF Score: 9.54/10.
Scattered Spider Partnership
How Russian-speaking ransomware operators partnered with English-speaking social engineers to devastate MGM and Caesars.
The Exit Scam
Inside the brazen March 2024 exit scam where operators stole $22M from their own affiliate and posted a fake FBI seizure notice.
Z7-BAF Breach Assessments Included
Proprietary Methodology
This report applies Z7’s proprietary Threat Actor Framework (Z7-TAF) and Breach Assessment Framework (Z7-BAF) to quantify threat severity. Dimension weights and scoring criteria visible in reports; detailed assessment rubrics available under NDA.