On Tuesday, the ransomware gang, REvil, suddenly had their websites inaccessible, causing extensive thought that the government had removed the organization offline. Ransomeware sites can be misleading, so initially, people thought the site's disappearance was a coincidence or an event that arose because the criminals removed it themselves. Plus, the disappearance of ransomware crime organizations isn't significant. Vanishing and then rebranding as another name happens a lot in the ransomware world when authorities notice traces of hacking. The U.S government was close on the REvil's trail, and tension began to rise for Washington to perform more stern discipline for REvil and crime groups like it. Still, since the group's blog and payment portal, which listed the names of victims who refused to pay it, vanished, it was comfortable to assume someone working in cybersecurity removed them.
People made many approaches to find out if they were erased online or decided to withdraw their whereabouts. One of the attempts didn't go as plan, as REvil didn't reach out, so it was unsuccessful. Any form of contact with the group was unsuccessful, that even the White House chose not to comment regarding their disappearance. Ultimately, their unavailability made no sense and was so random that no contact could reach any of its affiliates. Tens of millions of dollars in ransomware payments have been collected by the Russia-linked cybercrime to repair computer systems it has notched. Over the past few weeks, an estimated 800 to 1,500 companies worldwide have been affected by a vast ransomware outbreak.
URL: https://www.reuters.com/technology/ransomware-gang-revils-websites-become-unreachable-2021-07-13/
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