German prosecutors say a joint US European company has occupied the infrastructure owned by the Ransomware Blackssuit gang, a notorious hacking team has been accused of many big cyberattime in recent years.
In A new statement This week, officials in Germany said they had occupied the gang servers and systems as part of a business on July 24.
Officials said they turned off the servers, effectively cutting the malware ransomware. The statement stated that Blackssuit had a total of 184 victims worldwide, many of whom were in Germany.
At the time of the publication, the Blacksuit leak website on the Dark Web, which he used to publish files and displace the victims in the payment of a ransom, was no longer loaded. It now displays a seizure notice by saying that the site was abolished by a “coordinated law on enforcement”.
The operation proceeded with the help of the Ice and Europolis research unit, according to German officials. Ice representatives did not send a request for comments.
US authorities announced the seizure earlier in the week, per a report. It is not immediately clear if arrests were made.
Blackssuit was one of the most productive ransomware functions In recent years, targeting US cities such as Dallas, as well as organizations in manufacturing, communication and healthcare industries.
In 2024, Cisa Cisa warned that the gang was rebuilt by Royal in Blackssuit. It is not uncommon for Ransomware gangs to withdraw or merge with other groups to inflate the government’s penalties that make it more difficult to benefit from cybercrime.
Security researchers have By the found That a new ransomware gang called Chaos is likely to consist of former Blackssuit gang members.
