An international ransomware network that extorted more than $100 million from hospitals and other organizations around the world has been brought down following a monthslong infiltration by the FBI, the Justice Department said Thursday.
The Hive ransomware group, known to operate since June 2021, targeted more than 1,500 victims, including hospitals, school districts and financial firms in more than 80 countries, DOJ and FBI officials said at a press conference. The network's most recent victim in Florida was targeted about two weeks ago.
FBI agents, who penetrated the group's computer networks last summer and thwarted multiple attacks, seized its two Los Angeles-based server
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