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Europol: Ragnar Locker ransomware gang dismantled
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The Ragnar Locker ransomware gang was brought down through an international collaboration between police and authorities such as Europol and the FBI. The group was responsible for well over 100 ransomware attacks - including on critical infrastructure. This week, law enforcement and judicial authorities from eleven countries dismantled one of the most dangerous ransomware gangs. The action, coordinated internationally by Europol and Eurojust, was directed against the ransomware group Ragnar Locker. The group has been responsible for numerous high-profile attacks on critical infrastructure around the world. Ragnar Locker knocked out and arrested As part of an operation between…

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Kaspersky is involved in the INTERPOL operation
Kaspersky participated in the INTERPOL operation in Africa

As part of Operation Africa Cyber ​​Surge II, Kaspersky supported INTERPOL by providing threat intelligence data. This allowed investigators to identify compromised infrastructure and apprehend suspected cybercriminals in Africa. As a result of this operation, 14 perpetrators were arrested and network infrastructure was discovered that was linked to financial losses of more than $40 million. Operation covered 25 African countries The aim of Operation Africa Cyber ​​Surge is to combat cybercrime and protect the population in the region. In the first phase of Operation Africa Cyber ​​Surge,…

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Gangster VPN network VPNLab.net shut down by law enforcement
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Anyone who calls up the VPNLab.net page only gets a “This domain has been seized” – This page has been confiscated. Various ransomware attacks were routed and malware distributed via the VPN network, such as Ryuk. The special VPN network with two cascaded servers run by over 12 international law enforcement agencies in Operation Cyborg. On Monday, January 17.01.2022th, XNUMX, the investigators from the Hanover police department and the Verden public prosecutor's office managed to take several servers of VPNLab.net, from which cybercriminal groups operate, offline (so-called "takedown"). Various law enforcement agencies around the world were involved in the large-scale operation...

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