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The FBI is as worthless as water is wet
RaceBannon
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https://newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/fbi-key-ransomware-hackers/2021/09/21/id/1037339/
When hundreds of businesses were impacted by a major ransomware attack this past summer, the FBI did not help unlock the victims' computers for several weeks, even though it had secretly obtained the digital key needed to do so, according to several current and former U.S. officials.
The digital key was retrieved through access to the servers of the Russia-based criminal gang behind the July ransomware attack. Using the key immediately could have helped the victims, including schools and hospitals, avoid millions of dollars in recovery costs, The Washington Post reported.
But the FBI withheld using the key because it was planning an operation to disrupt the Russian hackers group known as REvil, and the bureau did not want to tip them off.
The planned operation never took place because in mid-July REvil’s platform went offline without U.S. government intervention, and the hackers disappeared, according to the current and former officials, the Post reported.
That's how they roll
When hundreds of businesses were impacted by a major ransomware attack this past summer, the FBI did not help unlock the victims' computers for several weeks, even though it had secretly obtained the digital key needed to do so, according to several current and former U.S. officials.
The digital key was retrieved through access to the servers of the Russia-based criminal gang behind the July ransomware attack. Using the key immediately could have helped the victims, including schools and hospitals, avoid millions of dollars in recovery costs, The Washington Post reported.
But the FBI withheld using the key because it was planning an operation to disrupt the Russian hackers group known as REvil, and the bureau did not want to tip them off.
The planned operation never took place because in mid-July REvil’s platform went offline without U.S. government intervention, and the hackers disappeared, according to the current and former officials, the Post reported.
That's how they roll
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