Safety researchers analyzing the Alpha ransomware payload and modus operandi found overlaps with the now-defunct Netwalker ransomware operation. Netwalker was a prolific ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) energetic between October 2019 and January 2021, when regulation enforcement seized its dark web sites, leading to its operators going silent. The Alpha ransomware operation (to not be confused with ALPHV/BlackCat) emerged in