Security News > 2023 > January > Hive ransomware dark web sites seized by law enforcement
Today, the Hive ransomware Tor payment and data leak sites were seized as part of an international law enforcement operation involving the US Department of Justice, FBI, Secret Service, Europol, and Germany's BKA and Polizei.
The seizure notice on the Tor sites also lists a wide range of other countries involved in the law enforcement operation, including Canda, France, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Unlike previous seizure messages used by law enforcement, this image is an animated GIF rotating between a message in English and Russian, likely to be a warning for other ransomware gangs.
"This hidden site has been seized. The Federal Bureau of Investigation seized this site as part of a coordinated law enforcement action taken against Hive Ransomware," reads the seizure notice.
Unlike many ransomware operations that claim to avoid emergency services and healthcare entities, Hive is not particular about who they target.
In November 2022, the FBI stated that the ransomware operation generated approximately $100 million from over a thousand companies since June 2021.
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