Law enforcement agencies around the world have made a series of arrests in the past five days that together constitute one of the largest law enforcement crackdowns on suspected ransomware hackers to date.
The U.S. and the European Union announced seven arrests Monday, with each person accused of deploying malicious software for REvil.
The U.S. also has recovered $6.1 million in extorted funds from REvil, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday at a news conference. The group has received more than $200 million total in its operations, he said."We are bringing the full strength of the federal government to disrupt malicious cyber activity," Biden said.
While it is far from the only ransomware group that regularly terrorizes victims around the world, REvil had already found itself in U.S. crosshairs. Members complained last month that some of their systems had been hijacked, unaware that they were under attack from U.S.
“It’s believed that the administrators, the developers, the people that actually made the virus — the backend platforms, the payment platforms, the infrastructure — these are Russian-speaking. They’re hosting in Russian. Their communications are in Russian,” Cosoi said.
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