Russia takes down REvil hacking group at U.S. request - FSB
Source: Reuters
MOSCOW, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Russia has conducted a special operation against ransomware crime group REvil at the request of the United States and has detained and charged the group's members, the FSB domestic intelligence service said on Friday.
The arrests were a rare apparent demonstration of collaboration between Russia and the United States, at a time of high tensions between the two over Ukraine. The announcement came even as Ukraine was responding to a massive cyber attack that shut down government websites, though there was no indication the incidents were related. read more
A joint police and FSB operation searched 25 addresses, detaining 14 people, the FSB said, listing assets it had seized including 426 million roubles, $600,000, 500,000 euros, computer equipment and 20 luxury cars.
Russia had informed the United States directly of the moves it had taken against the group sought by Washington, the FSB said on its website. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow said it could not immediately comment.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/technology/russia-arrests-dismantles-revil-hacking-group-us-request-report-2022-01-14/
Cetacea
(7,367 posts)Hopefully election-related troll farms will be next.
Dr. T
(97 posts)isn't there to coddle him. Could it be that Puty decided he'd better toss Biden a bone before Biden gets him in a choke hold?
sdfernando
(4,923 posts)is going to do now with all the information they just grabbed?
SKKY
(11,791 posts)100% guarantee Russia did none of that.
ck4829
(35,037 posts)cstanleytech
(26,220 posts)they were.
Polybius
(15,328 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,092 posts)Naaah...
That's just what the mafia does when one crime family muscles in on another's territory. It's just Putin taking out some rivals.
Marcuse
(7,442 posts)So the FSB knew who the people were and what they were doing. And just let them continue operating since they were bringing home foreign money.
Right up until there was enough foreign pressure that it was more advantageous to make that one particular group of many to stop.
Then the FSB seized the information and the money.
orangecrush
(19,384 posts)I hope.