International Law Enforcement Disrupts Alphv Ransomware Gang

FBI's decryption tool helps over 500 victims recover data, saving approximately $68 million in ransom demands.

The U.S. Department of Justice, in collaboration with international law enforcement agencies, has disrupted the operations of the notorious ransomware gang Alphv, also known as BlackCat.
The FBI developed a decryption tool that has already helped more than 500 victims recover their data, saving them from paying approximately $68 million in ransom demands.
Alphv, which has targeted over 1,000 victims worldwide, has been responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in losses from ransom payments, data theft, and incident response costs.
In retaliation against the law enforcement action, Alphv briefly reanimated its site to announce that it was removing its targeting rules for criminal customers who want to use the group's ransomware to attack critical infrastructure.
The operation against Alphv involved collaboration and parallel investigations from multiple law enforcement agencies, including those in the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Spain, and Denmark.