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Exactly. Until people are arrested, the government just basically shutdown a REvil billboard. They'll just pop up with a new one. No one has actually stopped

Exactly. Until people are arrested, the government just basically shutdown a REvil billboard. They'll just pop up with a new one. No one has actually stopped REvil hacking operations. There's been a lot of drama with their affiliate programs that are probably not government related. This Reuters article is giving the government a tiny little more credit than it deserves. Here is an article with some more information: https://www.zdnet.com/article/revil-ransomware-operators-claim-group-is-ending-activity-again-happy-blog-now-offline/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/revil-ransomware-operators-cla...

beermonster 5y ago
Yup. No arrests. Just a little holiday for the elusive operators: "The server was compromised, and they were looking for me," 0_neday wrote on a cybercrime forum last weekend and first spotted by security firm Recorded Future. "Good luck, everyone; I'm off." [1] [1] https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-governments-turn-tables-ransomware-gang-revil-by-pushing-it-offline-2021-10-21/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-governments-tur...