FBI says it 'hacked the hackers' to shut down major ransomware group
The FBI spent months spying on the ransomware group Hive and secretly helped victims before shutting the entire operation down.
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice on Thursday announced the destruction of the Russian-linked Hive ransomware group after a global law enforcement operation that ran for months.
The criminal syndicate sold ransomware tools and services to affiliates around the world starting in the summer of 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
They received more than $100 million in profits from victims who paid to get their data back or prevent it from being leaked. According to the Justice Department, Hive targeted more than
