‘We hacked the hackers,’ says deputy attorney general of group that has received over $100m in extortion payments from victims
US authorities have seized the servers of the notorious Hive ransomware group that has received more than $100m in extortion payments from thousands of victims after law enforcement infiltrated its systems and captured the keys to decrypt its attack software, the justice department announced on Thursday.
“In a 21st-century cyber stakeout, our investigative team turned the tables on Hive,” the deputy attorney general, Lisa Monaco, said at a news conference announcing the seizure at department headquarters in Washington. “Using lawful means, we hacked the hackers.
A sign displaying an hidden site that was seized is seen during a press conference in Washington DC on 26 January.The group was particularly notorious for targeting hospitals and schools. In the summer of 2021, Hive carried out a ransomware attack on a hospital in the US midwest that prevented it from accepting new patients and forced it to run all of its operations with paper records.
“This is not exactly hiding in plain sight, this is just hiding. We hide and we watch as they proceed with their attacks and we discover the keys and deliver the keys to victims,” the attorney general, Merrick Garland, said.
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