Security News > 2021 > June > Ukraine arrests Clop ransomware gang members, seizes servers
Ukrainian law enforcement arrested cybercriminals associated with the Clop ransomware gang and shut down infrastructure used in attacks targeting victims worldwide since at least 2019.
Cybersecurity company Intel 471 told BleepingComputer that the Ukrainian authorities arrested only individuals involved in laundering money for the Clop gang since its core members are likely out of harm's way in Russia.
"The law enforcement raids in Ukraine associated with CLOP ransomware were limited to the cash-out/money laundering side of CLOP's business only," Intel 471 said.
"The overall impact to CLOP is expected to be minor although this law enforcement attention may result in the CLOP brand getting abandoned as we've recently seen with other ransomware groups like DarkSide and Babuk."
In addition to encrypting attacks, the Clop ransomware gang was linked to the recent wave of Accellion data breaches which led to a drastic increase in average ransom payments calculated for the first three months of 2021.
Clop also claimed to have stolen 2 million credit cards from Korean retailer E-Land's servers using point-of-sale malware before deploying ransomware on their network one year later, in November 2020.