Security News > 2023 > January > The Week in Ransomware - January 27th 2023 - 'We hacked the hackers'
For the most part, this week has been relatively quiet regarding ransomware attacks and researcher - that is, until the FBI announced the disruption of the Hive ransomware operation.
Hive ransomware launched in June 2021 and quickly became one of the most active and prominent ransomware operations.
Yesterday, an international law enforcement operation seized the Tor websites for the Hive ransomware operation and disclosed that they had secretly hacked the organization's servers in July 2022.
January 26th 2023 Hive ransomware disrupted after FBI hacks gang's systems.
The Hive ransomware operation's Tor payment and data leak sites were seized as part of an international law enforcement operation after the FBI infiltrated the gang's infrastructure last July.
US offers $10M bounty for Hive ransomware links to foreign governments.
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