The ransomware group demanded over $130 million from over 1,500 victims in 80 countries.
The FBI toppled an international ransomware group and seized its servers in California after more than a year of spying on the cybercriminals from inside their own network, federal officials and Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday.
Ransomware groups like Hive allegedly design malicious software to infiltrate computer networks through a number of methods including phishing emails, holding their users hostage and demanding payment in exchange for decryption keys that release the high-tech hold. In one case, Hive's attack on a Midwestern hospital disrupted care in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and forced institutions to pay a ransom before they could treat their patients online, the Justice Department said.
In July 2022, FBI agents, including those in the Orlando office, penetrated Hives' computer networks and conducted what Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco called a"21st-century high-tech cyber stakeout." The federal authorities lawfully gained access to the hacking system authorized by a court, the officials said, and collected decryption keys for victims under attack by Hive.
The FBI and international partners in Germany and the Netherlands were then able to take down Hive's infrastructure and seize their servers.
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