FBI disrupts the Dispossessor ransomware operation, seizes servers
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 8:14 am
Full story & more news: https://t.me/antidarknetnews/38The FBI announced on Monday that it seized the servers and websites of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware operation following a joint international investigation.
The joint operation was carried out in collaboration with the U.K.'s National Crime Agency, the Bamberg Public Prosecutor's Office, and the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (BLKA).
Law enforcement seized three U.S. servers, three U.K. servers, 18 German servers, eight U.S.-based domains, and one German-based domain, including radar[.]tld, dispossessor[.]com, dispossessor-cloud[.]com, cybershare[.]app, readteamcr[.]com, redhotcypher[.]com, cybernewsint[.]com (fake news site), and cybertube[.]video (fake video site).
Since August 2023, Dispossessor—led by a threat actor known as Brain—has targeted small to mid-sized businesses in various sectors worldwide, claiming attacks against dozens of companies (the FBI identified 43 victims) from the U.S., Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Honduras, India, Canada, Croatia, Peru, Poland, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, and Germany.