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Federal and international law enforcement officers moved in late July to disrupt the BlackSuit ransomware gang, seizing servers, domain names and roughly a million dollars in cryptocurrency tied to its operations.
According to the Justice Department, the action included an unsealed warrant for the seizure of digital assets and was led by Homeland Security Investigations with help from the Secret Service, the IRS and the FBI.
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A statement from the Justice Department says investigators worked with partners in the UK, Germany, Ireland, France, Canada, Ukraine and Lithuania to carry out the takedown.
Michael Prado, deputy assistant director at the Homeland Security Investigations Cyber Crimes Center, said law
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