The FBI withheld a decryption key for weeks to run an operation on a ransomware gang before it disappeared TechSpot

Soon after Kaseya reported the attack by REvil on July 2, the Federal Bureau of Investigation got the decryption key for the ransomware by accessing that gang's servers. In agreement with other agencies, the FBI initially withheld the key because it was planning an operation to disrupt REvil, and was...





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