The Register reports:
Singapore-based Group-IB celebrated its 20th anniversary in the cybersecurity industry this year, and during this time its researchers have broken into an array of ransomware groups and their affiliates. The full number remains a secret.
Before the authorities got their hands on Hive at the start of this year, Group-IB’s researchers were inside as early as 2021, tricking their affiliates into accepting them, learning how they operated, and ultimately gathering the kind of information usually reserved for insiders only.
In 2023 alone, the serial intruders have infiltrated affiliates from Qilin and farnetwork, and over the past few years there have been many more to add to that list, though the details of which have scarcely been made public.
Group-IB’s threat intelligence team spoke to The Register about how they’re able to consistently break into cybercriminals’ ranks and the vast work that goes into each operation.
Read more at The Register.
