The FBI's multi-year investigation into the ransomware group Lockbit has resulted in a website takedown, arrests, dozens of criminal charges, and now the retrieval of over 7,000 decryption keys.
The FBI and its international allies have seized a dark-web site that the world’s most prolific ransomware gang has used to extort its victims, according to a message on the website viewed by CNN.
Municipal computers for Riviera Beach, a suburb of Palm Beach, were rendered unusable by the ransomware attack. The virus disabled email ... easier to penetrate. The FBI, which is believed ...
In a major victory against cybercrime, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced on Tuesday the successful disruption of the notorious BlackCat ransomware operation, also known as ALPHV.
The OPP said the arrest was made following a 23-month investigation which involved the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the US FBI ... with virus-infected attachments. The global rise of ransomware ...
But both the FBI and U.K. authorities denied taking down the ransomware gang as they had attempted months earlier. All signs pointed to ALPHV running off with the ransom and pulling an “exit ...
All of these stories have one thing in common: They were all caused by ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS ... After all, who would think that the FBI would demand payment in Bitcoin?
The city said it has activated its Emergency Operations Center, and is working with cybersecurity resources from the Secret Service, FBI ... hacked with a ransomware virus that encrypted files ...
According to the website TechCrunch, the ransomware virus Maze is unique in that it ... Tech Crunch said the FBI privately warned businesses about Maze in December, citing a memo a security ...