Now the United States has said that it
had shut down a prolific cyber crime
group known as The Hive. which had
extorted more than a hundred million US
dollars to more than 1500 victims
worldwide. the U.S Authority said that it
worked with the German and Netherlands
law enforcement, and infiltrated the hive
group . to recently sabotage their hacking
attacks for more than six months the
Department of Justice revealed the FBI
gained deep access to the High
ransomware group in a Late July 2022 . the
infiltration helped hundreds of
companies
avoid paying 130 million US dollars in
extortion demands , made After High a
hacked inflows their Data Systems.
officers were able to warn victims of
impending attacks here.
our investigative team lawfully
infiltrated hives Network and hid there
for months.
repeatedly swiping decryption keys and
passing them on to victims to free them
from ransomware.
Lisa monaco said,
for months we helped victims defeat
their attackers and deprived The Hive
network of extortion profits.
simply put using lawful means we hacked
the hackers.
we turned the tables on hive,
now ransomware it’s a type of malicious
attack that infiltrates the computer
network and makes files inaccessible.
hackers then demand Ransom to unlock the
system typically in form of
cryptocurrency. the hive group was known
to reinfiltrate networks that tried to
circumvent their attacks . since it first
emerged in 2021 more than 1500 companies
and institutions have been hacked. that
I.T systems or databases encrypted by
Hive and backup deleted or rendered in
accessible.
hackers would demand large payments in
exchange for freeing up the systems, if
victims refused to pay and then high
would publish confidential internal
files and documents on the internet.
victims included India’s data power,
German retail giant media Mark , Costa
Rica’s Public Health Service ,Indonesia’s
gas company and multiple U.S Hospital
groups according to cyber security
advices.
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