- The application of the United States law states that the black suit is completely dismantled
- Agencies seized servers, domains and digital assets
- Since 2022, the group reached 450 companies and stole millions of dollars
Blacksuit, a ransomware group and successor to the Royal Gang, managed to compromise 450 organizations in the United States and steal $ 370 million in rescue payments, before being dismantled by agents of application of the United States law, said the United States National Security Department (DHS).
A press release published on the website of the US immigration and customs companies.
“The operation resulted in the seizures of servers, domains and digital assets used to implement ransomware, extort the victims and washing income,” he said.
Without arrests
The announcement said that since 2022, Ransomware Royal and Blacksuit groups have committed more than 450 known victims in the United States, including medical care, education, public safety, energy and organizations in the government sector.
These attacks brought more than $ 370 in cryptocurrencies, according to today’s prices.
Unfortunately, no one was arrested, and if the story taught us something, these threat actors will return sooner rather than later.
While interrupting the infrastructure is a commendable movement and certainly hinders things to the short -term threat actors, they will not have problems restoring hardware, especially with $ 370 million in their pocket.
Previously, the FBI, the National Security of the United States, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and other partners disfigured the Blacksuit main website, as well as the extortion and escape sites, in a bite called “Operation Checkmate”.
A report by the US Department of Health and Services.
“This operation presents a critical coup for infrastructure and Blacksuit operations,” said the special agent of the Criminal Division of the United States Secret Service. In charge of William Mancino.
“The United States Secret Service undertakes to work together with our partners of application of the law to dismantle criminal companies and avoid the deployment of malicious ransomware that victimizes companies and organizations.”
Through Bleepingcomputer
