Marco A. De Felice, aka amvinfe, writes:
It happens very often nowadays to witness the sudden disappearance of ransomware groups that have been active for only a few months. In the last three years, we have counted at least twenty of them that have “vanished from the radar” of journalists and researchers. Some of these have decided, in complete silence, to rebrand, while others have publicized it through their own leak website. One of these groups that chose to do it “in broad daylight” is Cyclops, which, from its blog in late July 2023, announced its “new brand”: Knight version 2.0
Read the background and then interview with Knight on SuspectFile.
Of note, Knight recently imposed new rules prohibiting affiliates from attacking non-profit hospitals and government entities. They do not explain why they have imposed those rules, though.