Russian security services announced on Friday that they had dismantled the hacker group REvil, considered the most dangerous in ransomware hijacking programs, at the request of the United States.
Following an operation by the security services (FSB) and the Russian police “the existence of this organized criminal group was ended,” the FSB said in a statement.
The searches carried out “at the request of the competent US authorities” targeted 14 people and 25 addresses, which allowed the seizure of 426 million rubles (about 5.4 million dollars) and 20 luxury cars, according to Russian services.