On Monday, the FBI said it had taken the computers of Radar (also known as Dispossessor), a ransomware and extortion gang. At the time this was written, Radar’s website had a message from the police that said, “This website has been seized.” It’s a rare win for the FBI, which has been working hard with law enforcement around the world to stop the spread of ransomware.
The FBI said in a statement that they took the gang’s domains and computers in the UK and Germany. The statement came from the FBI’s Cleveland, Ohio location. The government says that Radar/Dispossessor has hurt at least 43 businesses since it began in August 2023.
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The FBI said that the Radar/Dispossessor group, which was led by a man named “Brain,” would use security holes in the systems of a victim business to steal a lot of data and encrypt the data of the victim company. The gang would demand a ransom for the data and then threaten to release the data if the ransom wasn’t paid. This is a common method used by extortion groups and is called “double extortion.”
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