A total of nearly 1,500 companies from more than 80 countries have fallen victim to Hive. With its help, it has been possible to extort almost 100 million euros from internet users.
19:01•Updated 19:04
The operation of the blackmail application Hive, which operated in the so-called “dark web”, i.e. the Dark Web, has been terminated.
The police authorities of 13 countries announced the matter today.
A total of nearly 1,500 companies from more than 80 countries have fallen victim to Hive. With its help, it has been possible to extort almost 100 million euros from internet users, the European Police Authority Europol tells you (you switch to another service).
Among the victims of Hive are several prominent international companies, but also public sector actors such as hospitals.
Hive has managed to get access to secret data and threatened to publish it unless a ransom is paid.
The authorities managed to stop Hive’s operations by attacking the servers it used.
Deputy Attorney General of the United States Lisa Monaco praised the actions of the authorities in the case and said they “hacked hackers”.
In addition, the authorities obtained the keys used to encrypt the stolen data and delivered them to the victims.