Russian authorities have arrested 14 individuals suspected of being part of the notorious REvil, aka Sodinokibi, ransomware operation. Authorities say they acted on information shared by U.S. law enforcement agencies, including the identity of the alleged ringleader of the REvil operation, as well as shared evidence about the group’s use of ransomware to crypto-lock victims’ systems, followed by attempts to extort them into paying a ransom to decrypt the data. Russia’s Federal Security Agency, the FSB, first reported the arrests Friday, saying they’d taken place in five cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Leningrad and Lipetsk.”]
Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/russia-arrests-14-suspected-revil-ransomware-group-members-a-18310