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Actions Target Russian Govt. Botnet, Hydra Dark Market

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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has disrupted a giant botnet built and operated by a Russian government intelligence unit known for launching destructive cyberattacks against energy infrastructure in the United States and Ukraine. Separately, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Germany moved …

At Request of U.S., Russia Rounds Up 14 REvil Ransomware Affiliates

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The Russian government said today it arrested 14 people accused of working for “ REvil,” a particularly aggressive ransomware group that has extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from victim organizations. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said the actions were taken in response to a request from U.S …

France ties Russia’s Sandworm to a multiyear hacking spree

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Enlarge / The logo of the French national cybersecurity agency Agence Nationale de la securite des systemes d'information(ANSSI) taken at ANSSI headquarters in Paris. (credit: Eric Piermont | AFP | Getty Images ) The Russian military hackers known as Sandworm, responsible for everything from blackouts in Ukraine to NotPetya, the most destructive …