Russia announced on Friday January 14 that it had dismantled the group of hackers REvil, considered the most formidable group of cybercriminals in the form of ransomware, at the request of the United States.
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Following an operation by the Russian security services (FSB) and police "
the existence of this organized criminal group has been terminated
", the FSB said in a statement, adding that searches carried out "
at the request of the competent American authorities
" targeted 14 people and 25 addresses, leading to the seizure of the equivalent of 426 million rubles (approximately 4.8 million euros) and 20 luxury cars.
