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New York – Rashad Alkhader – Homeland News- From – News FBI<\/p>\n

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nternational Investigation Leads to Shutdown of Ransomware Group<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cRadar\/Dispossessor\u201d servers and domains successfully dismantled<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On August 12, FBI Cleveland announced the disruption of \u201cRadar\/Dispossessor”\u2014the criminal ransomware group led by the online moniker “Brain”\u2014and the dismantling of three U.S. servers, three United Kingdom servers, 18 German servers, eight U.S.-based criminal domains, and one German-based criminal domain.<\/p>\n

Since its inception in August 2023, Radar\/Dispossessor has quickly developed into an internationally impactful ransomware group, targeting and attacking small-to-mid-sized businesses and organizations from the production, development, education, healthcare, financial services, and transportation sectors. Originally focused on entities in the United States, the investigation discovered 43 companies as victims of the attacks, from countries including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Honduras, India, Canada, Croatia, Peru, Poland, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, and Germany. During its investigation, the FBI identified a multitude of websites associated with Brain and his team.<\/p>\n

Ransomware is a type of malicious software, or malware, that encrypts data on a computer making it unusable. A malicious cybercriminal holds the data hostage until the ransom is paid. If the ransom is not paid, the victim\u2019s data remains unavailable. Cybercriminals may also pressure victims to pay the ransom by threatening to destroy the victim\u2019s data or to release it to the public.<\/p>\n

Radar Ransomware follows the same dual-extortion model as other ransomware variants by exfiltrating victim data to hold for ransom in addition to encrypting victim\u2019s systems. Simply, the ransomware identifies and attacks new victims and, re-victimizes current victims.<\/p>\n

Radar\/Dispossessor identified vulnerable computer systems, weak passwords, and a lack of two-factor authentication to isolate and attack victim-companies. Once the criminals gained access to the systems, they obtained administrator rights and easily gained access to the files. The actual ransomware was then used for encryption. As a result, the companies could no longer access their own data. Once the company was attacked, if they did not contact the criminal actor, the group would then proactively contact others in the victim company, either through email or phone call. The emails also included links to video platforms on which the previously stolen files had been presented. This was always with the aim of increasing the blackmail pressure and increasing the willingness to pay.<\/p>\n

Finally, the compromise was announced by the attackers on a separate leak page and a countdown set until public release of the victim data if no ransom was paid.<\/p>\n

As ransomware can have many variants, such as this case, the total number of businesses and organizations affected is yet to be determined. The FBI encourages those with information about Brain or Radar Ransomware\u2014or if their business or organization has been a target or victim of ransomware or currently paying a criminal actor\u2014to contact its Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov<\/a> or 1-800-CALL-FBI. Your identity can remain anonymous.<\/p>\n

The investigation and joint takedown were conducted in conjunction with the the U.K.’s National Crime Agency, Bamberg Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office, Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (BLKA), and U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Northern District of Ohio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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