--- title: BlackLock Ransomware Exposed After Researchers Exploit... description: Researchers infiltrated the BlackLock ransomware group's online infrastructure, exploiting a misconfiguration on their data leak site. This breach exposed... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/blacklock-ransomware-exposed-after-researchers-exploit-leak-site-vulnerability-nejbzo6ng twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: BlackLock Ransomware Exposed After Researchers Exploit Leak Site Vulnerability | daily.dev og:description: Researchers infiltrated the BlackLock ransomware group's online infrastructure, exploiting a misconfiguration on their data leak site. This breach exposed... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/blacklock-ransomware-exposed-after-researchers-exploit-leak-site-vulnerability-nejbzo6ng og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nEjbzo6nG.png og:image:alt: BlackLock Ransomware Exposed After Researchers Exploit Leak Site Vulnerability og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # BlackLock Ransomware Exposed After Researchers Exploit Leak Site Vulnerability **[The Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/thn)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Researchers infiltrated the BlackLock ransomware group's online infrastructure, exploiting a misconfiguration on their data leak site. This breach exposed internal commands, configuration files, and credentials, revealing significant operational failures. BlackLock, a rebranded version of Eldorado, is a major player in 2025, targeting various sectors globally. Using a local file inclusion bug, the researchers also uncovered connections to other ransomware strains, such as DragonForce, and noted a defacement of BlackLock's leak site by DragonForce. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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