A major overseas ransomware group shut down last month after a pair of operations by U.S. Cyber Command and a foreign government targeting the criminals’ servers left its leaders too frightened of identification and arrest to stay in business, according to several U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Washington Post: A ransomware gang shut down after CyberCom hijacked its site
A man walks past the building of the headquarters of the Russian General Staff's Main Intelligence Department (GRU) in Moscow on Dec. 30, 2016.
