Russia's FSB Arrests REvil Group Members at U.S. Request

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Russia’s FSB domestic intelligence service said that it conducted a special operation against ransomware crime group REvil at the request of the United States and has detained and charged the group's members.

“The organised criminal association has ceased to exist and the information infrastructure used for criminal purposes was neutralised," the FSB said in a statement. According to Interfax, a source close to the operation said the group's members with Russian citizenship would not be handed over to the United States. (Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber / Reuters)

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