FBI Seizes BlackCat Infrastructure; Group Has New Domain

Agency Developed a Tool to Decrypt the Systems of More Than 500 Victims
U.S. authorities seized dark web infrastructure of the BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service group, also known as Alphv, although the Russian-speaking threat actor said it has reestablished operations. The group's data leak site and its Tox instant messaging account went offline Dec. 7.

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