Users trying to access the Hive's ransomware website today were faced with a message that the FBI had seized control of the hidden site.
The Hive is one of the biggest hacker gangs in the world having extorted over $100 million dollars. The FBI says it was able to infiltrate the Hive's networks in July 2022 and acquire decryption keys to more than 1,300 current and past victims. This helping prevent over $130 million in demanded ransom money.
Though this is unlikely to end the Hive's operations, it at least slows the group and disrupts their extortion attempts.
No arrests have been made and are unlikely to be as ransomware groups are typically decentralized. Also, the Hive's core group spoke Russian...Russia does not extradite it's citizens and the US has had difficulty convincing the Kremlin to take action against cybercriminals.
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