Law enforcement agencies around the world have made a series of arrests in the past 5 days that together constitute one of the largest law enforcement crackdowns on suspected ransomware hackers to date.
arrests on Monday, with each person accused of deploying malicious software for REvil.
sanctioned a Russian national, Yevgeniy Polyanin, for allegedly deploying REvil against unnamed American companies. "While much work remains to be done, we have taken important steps to harden our critical infrastructure against cyberattacks, hold accountable those that threaten our security, and work together with our allies and partners around the world to disrupt ransomware networks," he said.Europol announced
While far from the only ransomware group that regularly terrorizes victims around the world, REvil had already found itself in U.S. crosshairs. In October, members complained that some of their systems had been hijacked, unaware 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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