REvil Ransomware Group Servers Hit by Hacking Technique It Uses to Compromise Targets

Newsweek ^ | 21 October 2021 | JUSTIN KLAWANS

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REvil, the ransomware group that hacked the U.S. Colonial Pipeline this past May, was itself hacked and shut down by a multinational cyber operation, according to Reuters.

The Russia-based organization was reportedly hacked using the same technique that they had used to bring down the pipeline.

Officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) worked alongside investigative arms from multiple other countries,,,

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caught in their own web, so to speak

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Cool, taking down the Ruski hackers network.

"Also involved in shutting down the group's servers was the U.S. Cyber Command, a division of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) that investigates cybercrimes."

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Hey, maybe they can track down weiner and humper biden’s laptops since no one can locate the contents of either one.