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https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/974480/ftse-100-set-for-modest-gains-as-traders-await-ukraine-developments-974480.html

the difference Amers with SNG and NCYT which I have held is that with Omicron fizzling out so is the market perception of their marketplace.

The same can't be said here for DARK are working in a growth market with Ransomware demands, hacking, denial of service attacks definitely increasing of late. (See previous list)

Last night in a thread entitled "Share Price and Event Timeline" I followed the share price movements in DARK and correlated them against what was essentially all positive newsflow events throughout - with the exception of 2 events.

1.The first was when the US and UK pulled their staff out of Ukrainian Embassies.
2. The second was at the weekend when the US said it had intelligence Russia was going into Ukraine on 16th Feb (yesterday)

At the time I worked out that had accounted for 125p in the combined drops in the share price.

Add another 20p to that.

No invasion has taken place, troops pulling back and to the negotiating table we trot.
In any case DARK are not based in either Russia or Ukraine.
But you will probably find that with the heightened risk of ensuing cyber-attacks they will benefit.

If you like contrast with airline and travel stocks, several of which pulled flights as a result.
Most of which have either partly or near fully recovered.

You can find last nights thread at your leisure.

Heres a list of the most prominent cyber-attacks that have been announced publicly in the last month. Decide for yourself if they might help business.

Ukraine
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ukrainian-defense-ministry-and-privatbank-websites-go-down-in-targeted-ddos/

San Francisco 49'ers - Weekend just past.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/49ers-network-hit-by-cyberattack/2811015/

*Mabanhaft (German Oil Supplier)
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/germany-s-mabanaft-says-first-test-after-hack-wasn-t-successful-1.1722816

*OiltankingDeutschland GmbH
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60215252

*UK Foreign Office hacked
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1562833/UK-foreign-office-cyber-attack-FCDO-hacked-BAE-Systems-Applied-Intelligence

*KP Snacks - Ransomware
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/kp-snacks-cyber-attack-could-102647569.html

*Puma hacked
https://www.techradar.com/news/puma-suffers-data-breach-caused-by-kronos-ransomware-attack

*Swissport - Ransomware
https://www.itpro.co.uk/security/ransomware/362171/swissport-ransomware-attack-flight-delays

*NewsCorp cyberattack
https://techmonitor.ai/technology/cybersecurity/us-china-cyber-tensions-news-corp

*Times and Sun Confess Hacked
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/chinese-cyber-crooks-steal-data-6607943

*Vodafone Portugal (and others)
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/vodafone-portugal-cyberattack

Some Other threat material:
*Threat from Russia (Plenty of literature on this out there + also on the threat from China and North Korea.
https://cybernews.com/news/ecb-uk-and-us-regulators-warn-banks-of-potential-russian-cyberattacks/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2022/02/13/bidden-administration-seeks-to-bolster-defenses-against-cyberattacks-on-water-systems/?sh=7cb8ee051ff9

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10492871/Putin-hit-European-BANKS-cyber-attacks-inflict-economic-chaos.html

There seems to some real desperation in todays market moves in Dark.

Here is a reminder on the recent things we know that have come from DARK.

*Last Update:
https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/DARK/pre-open-trading-update-oqo2wc2xqlsalgm.html

*Multi-million dollar with global airline
https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/darktrace-signs-multi-million-dollar-deal-with-top-global-airline-807697653.html

*Antigena Endpoint - New product Release covering down to remote user level.
https://www.darktrace.com/en/press/2022/392/

*KKR Buys 4 Million to increase their holding to 9.254%. Buy in price of circa 407p
https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/DARK/holdings-in-company-ra1bfersb3lcszk.html

*Million Dollar Deal With Global Electronics Company
https://www.darktrace.com/en/press/2022/394/

R+D on the increase (Courtesy of bobocaca + DARK's website)

Darktrace Holdings Ltd has recently ramped up R&D in cybersecurity. It saw growth of 69.2% in related patent applications in the three months ending November compared to the same period last year - the highest percentage growth out of all companies tracked with more than 10 quarterly patents in the technology and communications sector.

https://www.darktrace.com/en/press/2022/393/

Sorry if it gets repetitive but then again it is not the only thing that is repetitive.

FYI the new faces that have appeared.

It's been looking cheap for a while. Somebody like WHSmiths could easily take them over. Either that or supermarkets looking to expand "local" supermarkets whilst at the same time retaining the existing.

Was glad to see it pop through 6p. Ecstatic now.

Indeed Spacerat but imho if ToffAppleton1 is seeing it enough to comment on it being a "daily ritual" here, and I and any other holders are seeing it also then its blatant and a bit hard to defend.

https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/market-abuse/how-report-suspected-market-abuse-firm-or-trading-venue

I believe there is also an onus on the market makers to report suspicious activity. Says "must report" (2nd link) - correct link

I believe there is also an onus on the market makers to report suspicious activity. Says "must report" (2nd link)

Like I pointed out last night - 125 points of a fall + a further 10 points this morning off two warmongering non-events might a bit hard to justify not reporting.

Good Post ToffAppleton on both hedge funds and market makers bearing some responsibility here.

Presumably the hyena hedge funds to which you refer who are programmed selling these small shares amounts into the market to manipulate and influence the share price direction need to buy the corresponding same amount of shares back cheaper to profit. That doesn't seem to be happening.

I now have the DARK share price down about 137 points off two warmongering events and it down roughly 75p from KKR's 4 Million purchase.

The funny thing is that DARK aren't based in Ukraine or Russia and so are insulated, and if anything should only benefit positively business wise from the knock on effects of cyber attacks and the threat to businesses and infrastructure that comes with it. We also know that they are winning contracts.

Might be worth touching base with the FCA. Deliberate manipulation of share prices in this manner has to be Market Abuse. They should be able to do the delving. Incidentally I believe there is also an onus on the market makers to report suspicious activity. Says "must report" (2nd link)

https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/market-abuse/how-report-suspected-market-abuse-individual

https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/market-abuse

Time to watch for some other opportunities and to get on with some projects.

Bank reporting season just about to commence?

What's the consensus on holidays this year.

Omicron fizzling out by the day in the UK.

Resumed

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10521813/Zendaya-beau-Tom-Holland-hold-hands-way-screening-new-film-Uncharted-NYC.html

Evening Pearls and thanks for the reply. I was actually more inclined to think the contrary with the after market trades for if you take into account the totality of the larger buys and the the size of the UT (both a buy and a sell) it actually amounts to more than were actually traded during normal market hours today. About x1.5 on top.

Afternoon today as a PI seeking a dummy quote you were lucky if you could get £10k without moving the price or getting Negotiated Trade, let alone 2 large chunks of £240k and a £208k and £157k.

Might possibly be Peel Hunt or their clients buying.

Pearls, take a look at the large UT tonight of 2 million and if you count the large trades over £60K then there has been over 1 Million pushed through at higher than the closing price. 3 of them each over £200k each. Somebody making their own luck?

Can I just correct and add

Comments:

1. Warmongering over the 2 relevant weekends has taken 125p in total off the DARK share price. Notably war has not happened, other affected shares have mostly or partly recovered. Not yet given back here.

2. Some might wish to pay no significance to a large shareholder, KKR’s purchase, but it can be easily argued that it caused a 45p or over 10% rise in the share price.

3. No surprise really that there isn’t much daily volume of shares traded.

4. Lets see if come Results day on the 3rd March we get a 105p rise similar to last time. DARK does seem to have been keeping their heads down, working industriously and getting on with the business end and delivering.

5. That's orderly markets for you.

Have a good evening.

Comments:

~Warmongering over the 2 relevant weekends has taken 125p in total off the DARK share price. Notably that war has not happened, other affected shares have mostly or partly recovered. Not yet to be given back here.
~ Some might wish to pay no significance a large shareholder, KKR’s purchase but it can be easily argued that it caused a 45p or over 10% rise in the share price.
~ No surprise really that there isn’t much daily volume of shares traded.

Have a good evening.

Here's a summary for you of the movement in the DARK shareprice through looking at a relative to recent events. Candlesticks chart used. Own comments afterwards.

*Day Prior to Pre-close trading update 10th Jan: Closes at 394p
*After Pre-Close trading update 11th Jan – 495p high on the day
*AB Sale occurs then from 12th Jan to 21 Jan the share price retraces to a 420p to 450p trading range.
*Closes at 423p on 21 Jan.
*Over the weekend of 21 – 24th Jan US + UK announce Embassy staff being pulled out of Ukraine implication being imminent war with Russia.
*24th Jan – Opens at 423p and drops to a 362p close (61p fall)
*27th – 31st Jan – The share price then rises from 362p to 407.8p close. Several suspicious Buys appear after market close amounting to nearly 4 million shares.
*1st Feb – KKR announce 4Million Top up to raise their holding to 9.254%
*Decline then to 371p on 7th Feb
*8th Feb – Notice of results RNS prompts it then to rise over the next few days to 412.6p high on Thursday Feb 10th. Sits at 406p close on Friday 11th Feb.
*Weekend of 12/ 13th Feb The White House then leaks that they have intelligence pointing to Russia invading Ukraine on Wednesday (16th February i.e. today) That then causes the share price to drop from 406p to todays close of 342p. (64p fall noted)

*NB: No Russian incursion has as yet occurred. Some forces being withdrawn and a commitment of Putin and Lavrov to the negotiating table.

* There are also 2 good contract wins in between 1. is a multi-million dollar with a global airline,not Rns’d. (18th Jan) 2. The other with a $1M contract with an electrical engineering company (10th Feb). There is also a new product Antigena Endpoint released into the market to provide security right down to remote users and those wfh (Jan 27th). You can fit the above 3 into the timeline.