On Wednesday, as United States president Joe Biden and Russian president Vladimir Putin prepared to meet in Geneva, Ukrainian law enforcement announced the arrest of six suspects allegedly tied to the notorious Cl0p ransomware group. In collaboration with South Korean and US investigators, Ukrainian authorities searched 21 residences in and around Kyiv, seized computers, smartphones, and servers, and recovered the equivalent of $184,000, believed to be ransom money.
The Cl0p arrests constitute an all-too-rare success story as the ransomware crisis continues to spiral. The group has racked up several high-profile victims since 2019, including Stanford University Medical School, the University of California, and the South Korean ecommerce giant E-Land. And the hackers seem to collaborate with or have ties to other cybercriminal organizations, including the financial crimes group FIN11 and the malware distribution organization dubbed TA505. The collaborative law enforcement process that led to the takedown, though, also underscores why stopping the broader ransomware threat remains a distant dream. Ukraine was willing to help this time, but until Russia does the same very little will change.
The majority of ransomware actors who have been wreaking havoc in recent months operate out of Russia, including Ryuk, which went on a massive hospital-hacking spree in the United States last year, DarkSide, which took down the Colonial Pi ..
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