http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a MSN - AP World Copyright © 2010-2018 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Tue, 13 May 2025 08:37:57 +0000 http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a/29d2f84a0fb144189f51b94c6008c43f 29d2f84a0fb144189f51b94c6008c43f Thu, 26 Jan 2023 18:35:01 +0000 SHOTLIST:RESTRICTION SUMMARY:US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEWashington DC - 26 January 20231. Cutaway of Attorney General Merrick Garland walking in for press conference2. SOUNDBITE (English) Merrick Garland, Attorney General:"We are here to announce that last night the Justice Department dismantled an international ransomware network responsible for extorting and attempting to extort hundreds of millions of dollars from victims in the United States and around the world. Known as the Hive Ransomware Group, this network targeted more than 1500 victims around the world since June of 2021."++SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASH++3. SOUNDBITE (English) Merrick Garland, Attorney General:"In ransomware attacks, transnational cybercriminals use malicious software to hold digital systems hostage and demand a ransom. Hive Ransomware affiliates employed a double extortion model. First, they infiltrated a victim's system and stole sensitive data. Next, the affiliates deployed malicious software, encrypting the victim's system, rendering it unusable. And finally, they demanded a ransom payment in exchange for a system decryption key and a promise not to publish any stolen data."++SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASH++4. SOUNDBITE (English) Merrick Garland, Attorney General:"Last summer, FBI agents from the Tampa division, with the support of prosecutors in the Criminal Division's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property section and the middle District of Florida infiltrated the Hive network and began disrupting the Hive's attempts to extort victims."++SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASH++5. SOUNDBITE (English) Merrick Garland, Attorney General:"Our continued investigative efforts led us to two back end computer service, servers located in Los Angeles that were used by Hive to store the network's critical information. Last night, pursuant to a court order, we seized those servers. We also received court authorization to wrest control of Hive's Darknet sites and render its services unavailable."++SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASH++6. SOUNDBITE (English) Merrick Garland, Attorney General:"This morning if a Hive affiliate tries to access their Darknet site, this is what they will see."++SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASH++7. SOUNDBITE (English) Christopher Wray, FBI DIrector:"As far as arrests, I think anybody involved with Hive should be concerned because this investigation is very much still ongoing and we are engaged in what we call joint sequenced operations. The attorney general described it well, but that includes everything from going after their infrastructure, going after their crypto, going after the people who work with them here, getting the keys and making those available. But it also includes hunting people down with our partners around the world."STORYLINE:The Justice Department says it has dismantled an international ransonware network that "targeted more than 1500 victims around the world since June of 2021."Last summer, FBI agents from the Tampa division, with the support of prosecutors in the Criminal Division's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property section and the middle District of Florida infiltrated the Hive network and began disrupting Hive's attempts to extort victims," said Attorney General Merrick Garland."Our continued investigative efforts led us to two back end computer service, servers located in Los Angeles that were used by Hive to store the network's critical information. Last night, pursuant to a court order, we seized those servers." The Hive Ransomware Group used a double extortion model to hold digital systems hostage and demand ransom."First, they infiltrated a victim's system and stole sensitive data. Next, the affiliates deployed malicious software, encrypting the victim's system, rendering it unusable," said Garland. "Finally, they demanded a ransom payment in exchange for a system decryption key and a promise not to publish any stolen data."But investigators over seven months were able to offer over 1300 victims around the world keys to decrypt their infected networks, preventing at least $130 million in ransom payments and cutting off Hive's operations.Garland says if Hive tries to use its network today, a screen will appear to say that this site has been seized.No arrests were announced, but FBI Director Christopher Wray says anyone involved in Hive should be concerned."Investigation is very much still ongoing and we are engaged in what we call joint sequenced operations," said Wray. "That includes everything from going after their infrastructure, going after their crypto, going after the people who work with them here, getting the keys and making those available. But it also includes hunting people down with our partners around the world."===========================================================Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. US hacks the hackers, infiltrates ransomware gang