Law enforcement disrupted the digital infrastructure the ransomware group Hive uses to communicate with members, and stole decryption tools that it passed along to victims during a monthslong covert infiltration of the criminal network.
Law enforcement hopes that retuning ransom payments to impacted businesses will demonstrate that working with the feds following a cybersecurity breach is "good business."
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The FBI is discouraging organizations from paying ransom because doing so does not guarantee files and records will be recovered and may pose sanctions risks.