Hive ransomware servers shut down at last, says FBI

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Well, it seems that the reason for yesterday's DOJ press release is that FBI investigators, with the assistance of law enforcement in both Germany and the Netherlands, have now identified, located and seized the darkweb servers that the Hive gang were using:Finally, the department announced today[2023-01-26] that, in coordination with German law enforcement (the German Federal Criminal Police and Reutlingen Police Headquarters-CID Esslingen) and the Netherlands National High Tech Crime Unit, it has seized control of the servers and websites that Hive uses to communicate with its members, disrupting Hive's ability to attack and extort victims.
34% : Similarly, rogue server operators are attracted by the fact that even if their clients, affiliates or own sysadmins get busted, or turned, or hacked by law enforcement, they won't be able to reveal who the core gang members are, or where they host their malicious online activities.

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