FBI covertly infiltrated the Hive network which has targeted more than 1,500 victims in over 80 countries around the world and thwarted over $130 million in ransom demands.
In a major international ransomware enforcement action, the USA and Germany hacked the ransomware gang, Hive. The crackdown helped them in saving around 300 victims from paying ransom for their data
The FBI revealed on Thursday it had secretly hacked and disrupted a prolific ransomware gang called Hive, a maneuver that allowed the bureau to thwart the group from collecting more than $130 million
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized the website of the Hive ransomware gang after penetrating the group's computer networks. The agency said Thursday it penetrated the networks in July, 2022, leading to the capture of decryption keys. Since then it has quietly offered those keys to 300 victims. In addition, the FBI