As reported by Tageschau.de, the Russian authorities state that they tracked down and smashed the hacker group REvil. Hackers from the REvil group are said to be behind thousands of ransomware attacks, such as on the American IT service provider Kaseya and its 40.000 business customers.
As reported by Tageschau.de, the United States has asked the Russian authorities if there are reports of a breakup of the Hacker group REvil correspond to the truth. According to their own statements, Russian investigators have now dissolved the REvil infrastructure. The domestic secret service FSB announced that the illegal activities of the members had been smashed. During searches at 14 places of residence, money and equipment were confiscated. According to the information, 426 million rubles, i.e. the equivalent of around 4,8 million euros, were secured - part of it in cryptocurrency. Investigators also found $600.000 and €500.000 in cash, computer equipment and twenty high-quality cars.
Hacker group REvil dismantled
According to security experts REvil specializes in so-called ransomware attacks (according to Miter-Attack), in which the data of those affected is encrypted and only decrypted again after payment of a ransom. One of the most popular cases is the attack on service provider Kaseya and its 40.000 business customers. Officially, Keseya never paid, but after a few days already had a working decryption tool for itself and its customers.
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