Ransomware-as-a-Service Is Splitting Up: What Smaller, Faster Gangs Mean for SMBs
For the past few years, the ransomware conversation has centered on a handful of household names: LockBit, ALPHV/BlackCat, RansomHub, Conti’s descendants. Security teams built their threat models around a short list of dominant, professionalized crews. That model, however, is changing. 2026 has been the year the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) economy fractured. Law enforcement takedowns, affiliate defections, … Ransomware-as-a-Service Is Splitting Up: What Smaller, Faster Gangs Mean for SMBs
