Federal Security Service or FSB of Russia.announceOn January 14th, it raided and arrested the famous REvil ransomware gang and seized both luxury cars and crypto.
The move was like sending a message to other ransomware groups operating outside the country — prompting Russian authorities to raid hideouts across the Moscow, St. Petersburg and Lipetsk regions where the 14 attackers are located. Doubt of REvil
The REvil group has dealt a lot of damage over the past 12 months. By attacking with the use of ransom software to many big companies. This included attacks that targeted Colonial Pipeline, JBS Foods and US tech company Kaseya.
The FSB said it had seized more than 426 million rubles and 500,000 euros (about $6 million), including $600,000 in cash, a cryptocurrency wallet, a computer and 20 luxury cars.
In a statement, the FSB said it was conducting a search at the request of US authorities. by detained hacker group members charged under Russian law The Russian authorities have not released the names of any of the suspects.
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