(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice, FBI and international law enforcement partners mounted a major cyber crackdown against the notorious Russia-linked ransomware gang the Hive on Thursday, seizing its website and dismantling much of its digital infrastructure.
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation seized this site as part of a coordinated law enforcement action taken against Hive Ransomware,” a note on Hive’s leak site, shown in English and Russian languages, said Thursday.
Hive ransomware actors have “victimized” over 1,300 companies worldwide, and are believed to have received approximately $100 million in ransom payments, according to information previously released by the FBI, authorities said.
“Last night, the Justice Department dismantled an international ransomware network responsible for extorting and attempting to extort…
