US Disrupts Major Russian Ransomware Gang, Unlocks Victims' Computers
• US and allies seized main website of prolific Russian-speaking ransomware gang ALPHV/BlackCat • FBI developed software key to unlock computers of ALPHV victims, saving them from $68 million in demands • ALPHV has targeted over 1,000 victims globally and extorted hundreds of millions • ALPHV used in recent high-profile attacks on US hospitals, universities, hotels, Las Vegas casinos • Disrupting ALPHV deals blow to group's operations, but hackers likely to regroup under new name