US takes down sites, seizes $1M from crypto ransomware gang BlackSuit

US and international law enforcement agencies have taken down servers and websites linked to the BlackSuit ransomware group and seized $1 million in crypto.

The US has seized servers, domain names, and around $1 million in crypto assets from the ransomware group BlackSuit.

The Justice Department said on Monday that multiple US and international law enforcement agencies conducted an operation against the BlackSuit ransomware groups in late July.

The operation included the unsealing of a warrant for the seizure of cryptocurrency valued at just over $1 million, at the time of the seizure, it reported. 

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