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critical · retail · Disclosed Aug 11, 2026

DeadLock Ransomware Uses Polygon Smart Contracts to Make Extortion Infra Harder to Disrupt

The ransomware group known as DeadLock has been observed using decentralized infrastructure to facilitate victim communications and data leak operations in a bid to improve operational resilience. "Its recovery ecosyste

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https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/deadlock-ransomware-uses-…
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Severity
critical
Sector
retail
Disclosure date
August 11, 2026
Indexed
15 hours, 48 minutes ago