FBI hits major ransomware operator – 29 January 2021

An alleged member of the ransomware group (Netwalker) behind the attacks on Toll Holdings and legal services firm ‘Law In Order’, has been charged by US authorities as the group’s dark net website was seized by police.

https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/fbi-hits-major-ransomware-operator-20210129-p56xqr#:~:text=An%20alleged%20member%20of%20the,website%20was%20seized%20by%20police.&text=The%20man%20arrested%20was%20a,US27%20million%20from%20ransomware%20victims.

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