HACKERS CAN RUN, BUT THEY CAN’T HIDE

The United States and other nations earlier this week in a joint operation hacked and forced offline the REvil cyber criminal group, which has been linked to several major ransomware attacks this year.

Reuters reported Thursday citing multiple officials and private sector experts that the FBI, U.S. Cyber Command, the Secret Service, and the governments of other unnamed nations had breached servers used by REvil to carry out attacks in an effort to disrupt their operations.

The Hill reached out to the FBI, U.S. Cyber Command, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for comment.

REvil was linked by the FBI in July to the ransomware attack against IT group Kaseya, which impacted up to 1,500 companies, and earlier in the year to the ransomware attack on meat producer JBS USA.