John Hultquist, the head of threat intelligence at the cybersecurity firm Mandiant, said the Hive disruption won't cause a major drop in overall ransomware activity but is nonetheless “a blow to a dangerous group.”

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/lifestyles/technology/us-infiltrates-big-ransomware-gang-we-hacked-the-hackers/article_4191415b-5799-509d-91ef-aba819720d30.html

“Mandiant has been working with our partners in Ukraine and elsewhere since before the invasion to protect our customers and community from Russian cyber espionage and cyberattack,” Mandiant executive John Hultquist said in a statement.

Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/feb/19/how-uncle-sam-enlisted-big-tech-thwart-russia-laun/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS