An international group of law enforcement groups has taken down the dark web leak site of the notorious ransomware gang known as ALPHV, or BlackCat.
According to the press release, law enforcement agencies from the United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, Spain, and Australia were also involved in the takedown operation.
The FBI released a decryption tool that has already assisted over 500 victims of the ALPHV ransomware patch their systems.
The tool assisted several victims in the US and prevented them from having to pay ransom demands that came to around $68 million.
According to the government's notification, ALPHV stole hundreds of millions of dollars by breaking into the networks of over a thousand victims worldwide.
The gang has targeted vital infrastructure in the United States, including government structures, emergency services, defence industrial base companies, critical manufacturing, healthcare and public health facilities, and other businesses, educational institutions, and governmental entities.
In recent years, the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group has been one of the most active and devastating.
ALPHV, which is believed to be a successor to the now-defunct sanctioned REvil hacking gang, claims to have infiltrated a number of high-profile victims, including news-sharing site Reddit, healthcare provider Norton, and the United Kingdom's Barts Health NHS Trust.
The group's tactics have become more violent in recent months.
This Cyber News was published on www.cysecurity.news. Publication date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:13:05 +0000