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Department of Justice just announced that it has been inside the networks of Hive, one of the most pernicious ransomware groups, which it took down. Law enforcement stole encryption keys from hackers and gave them to victims, saving victims $130M in ransomware payments.
Susan Bradley Patch Lady
Taking down HIVE is a drop in the ocean. There are thousands of like networks.
It is more like a 1 small sand particle dropped in the milky way galaxy. If it would be a comet than that would be something. Or if it was a planet. This would be something. No one cares about doing something about this kind of stuff and just lets these kinds of things happen.
No one cares about doing something about this kind of stuff
I imagine the victims who received encryption keys without having to pay a ransom care very much.
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