JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES COORDINATED DISRUPTION ACTIONS AGAINST BLACKSUIT (ROYAL) RANSOMWARE OPERATIONS

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The Justice Department conducted coordinated disruption actions against the BlackSuit (Royal) ransomware group on July 24, seizing four servers and nine domains. Law enforcement also recovered approximately $1 million in laundered proceeds from the ransomware operations. This represents a significant enforcement action against one of the active ransomware groups targeting organizations worldwide.