Security News > 2023 > March > Law enforcement teams score major win against DoppelPaymer ransomware gang

In a joint effort, the German Regional Police, Ukrainian National Police, Europol, Dutch Police, and FBI joined forces on February 28, 2023, to take down the masterminds behind a notorious criminal organization responsible for unleashing devastating cyberattacks using the DoppelPaymer ransomware.

This ransomware appeared in 2019, when cybercriminals started using it to launch attacks against organizations, critical infrastructure, and industries.

Based on the BitPaymer ransomware and part of the Dridex malware family, DoppelPaymer used a unique tool capable of compromising defence mechanisms by terminating the security-related process of the attacked systems.

During the simultaneous actions, German officers raided the house of a German national, believed to have played a major role in the DoppelPaymer ransomware group.

Investigators are currently analyzing the seized equipment to determine the suspect's exact role in the structure of the ransomware group.

"Two members of the DoppelPaymer gang have already been targeted by law enforcement officials with DoppelPaymer being a ransomware-as-a-service operation, it is likely there will be many more perpetrators behind the threat that will need to be caught before we can say goodbye to the ransomware for good," Mark Lamb, CEO of HighGround, told Help Net Security.

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