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Hive ransomware: modern, efficient business model

The model is central to the larger ransomware ecosystem, in which actors specialize in one skill or function to maximize efficiency.

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Christopher Wray (R), joined by Attorney General Merrick Garland, delivers remarks on an international ransomware enforcement action.
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

JUSTICE | HACKING | EXTORTION

WASHINGTON - The US Justice Department's shutdown yesterday of the Hive ransomware operation, which extorted some $100 million from more than 1,5000 victims worldwide,

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Hive ransomware operation
Ariel Ropek
Extortion
Fraud