Websites for a Russian-linked ransomware gang damned for attacks on many businesses worldwide have gone offline.


Monitors say a payment web site and a diary go past the REvil cluster became suddenly inaccessible  on Tues.

The reason behind the disappearance is unknown, however has sparked speculation that the cluster might are targeted deliberately by authorities.

It comes amid growing pressure between the US and Russia over cyber-crime.

US President Joe Biden aforesaid he raised the problem with statesman throughout a telephone on weekday, when discussing the topic throughout a summit with the Russian president in Geneva last month.
Mr Biden told reporters that he had "made it terribly clear to him...we expect them to act" on info and additionally hinted the US may take direct digital getting even on servers used for intrusions.


The temporal order of Tuesday's outage has sparked speculation that either the US or Russian officers might have taken action against REvil - although officers have to date declined to comment and cyber consultants say sudden  disappearances of teams don't seem to be essentially uncommon.
The development comes when a series of high-profile ransomware attacks that have hit major US businesses this year.

The FBI defendant REvil - additionally referred to as Sodinokibi - of being behind a ransomware attack on the world's largest meat process company JBS last month.

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The cluster is taken into account prolific associate degreed last week demanded a large bitcoin ransom for an attack that targeted IT firm Kaseya and a whole bunch a lot of businesses worldwide.

REvil is one in every of the foremost prolific and feared of all ransomware gangs and if this extremely is that the finish, it's very vital.

The rumour mill is in hyperdrive regarding what is behind this sudden  closure however one hacker UN agency claims to be associate degree affiliate of the gang gave American state some insights. i am nonetheless to verify his identity however different researchers say his claims square measure extremely plausible.
He claims that the US "Feds took down" components of their websites so they force the plug on the remainder of their operation. He additionally aforesaid there was pressure from the Kremlin too saying: "Russia is bored with the US and different countries crying to them."

Like all hacker claims we've to require them with an outsized small indefinite amount of salt however if this state of affairs proves to be correct, it shows a dramatic shift in policy from Russia that has to date been happy to take a seat back and let gangs like REvil operate without worrying of intervention.
However another comment from my contact additionally hints at the larger image. He says he has no plans to retire and is already coming up with another unknown venture. "Make one flee, a lot of can rise," he warned.