Federal and international law enforcement employees moved in late July to disable Ransomwari gangServer seizure, domain names and about a million dollars in the encrypted currency are linked to their operations.
According to the Ministry of Justice, the job An unspecified memorandum of seizure of digital assets and its leadership included internal security investigations with the help of the Secret Service, IRS and Federal Investigation Office.
Conducting international law enforcement
A statement issued by the Ministry of Justice says that the investigators worked with partners in the United Kingdom, GermanyIreland, France, Canada, Ukraine and Lithuania to implement the removal.
Michael Prado, Deputy Assistant Director at the Internal Security Center for Electronic Crime, said that the application of the law aims to dismantle the regulations that allow these groups to work, and not only withdraw some servers in a non -communication mode.
This step followed other recent steps from the United States, including sanctions against the provider of hosting ransom programs in July.
The Ministry of Justice announces the procedures for disrupting coordinated against the black ransom operations (royal)
Law enforcement seizes servers and fields and about a million dollars in the angry revenues owned by Blacksuit (Royal) RANSOMWare
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– National Security Department, American Justice Department (@@@ jnatsec) August 11, 2025
Black campaign scope
Based on reports, Blacksuit appeared for the first time as a group of Royal Ransomware and has been active since 2023.
The officials say the group It targets critical infrastructure Through sectors – health care, government facilities, manufacturing and commercial sites.
Since 2022, investigators have linked the gang to more than 450 known victims in the United States and have reported that it had received more than $ 370 million of ransom payments.
Ransom demands usually ranged between about one million dollars and 10 million dollars in BTC, the data of the Cyber Security Agency and the infrastructure recounts the largest request for $ 60 million.
How the money was tracked
Reports reveal that the payment of ransom 2023 out of 49 BTC – Its value shared about $ 1.4 million at the time – in the money that was now seized, and that part of this batch was deposited and frequently withdrawn from the exchange of encryption until the account was frozen in early 2024.
The Ministry of Justice was not naming the stock exchange. Officials say that this type of tracking and cooperation with private companies is what allowed agents to follow the funds course and secure assets related to the scheme.
This process has removed the infrastructure and recovered nearly a million dollars linked to a gang accused of hundreds of attacks and hundreds of millions in the seizures of the ransom.
Campdown is a strong tactical victory and a clear indication that international authorities and partners are working together – but the turmoil alone will not stop every attack.
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