The Justice Dept. said the FBI shut down the Russian-linked ransomware group Hive, which sold hacking tools and services around the world and received more than $100 million in profits from extortion victims.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference with Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco , and FBI Director Christopher Wray at the Department of Justice in Washington on Thursday.Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The FBI says it hacked into Hive's networks in July 2022, burrowing into its digital infrastructure to spy on the group's operations and gather important intelligence before ultimately dismantling the operation on Wednesday night. The infiltration and ultimate disruption of the Hive ransomware group is the latest effort by the Department of Justice to fight back against the plague of damaging and costly ransomware attacks in recent years.
The Justice Department did not announce any specific arrests or information about how it located Hive's servers. When asked whether the group has ties to Russia or whether arrests might be announced in the future, Attorney General Merrick Garland said he wouldn't comment further on ongoing investigations.
"So it's a pretty impressive operation overall. And I like the fact that they were very clear that, 'Yeah, we infiltrated their network and we spent what is it now, eight months in that network,'" said Liska."That has got to have a whole lot of other ransomware groups really, really nervous right now."
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