Authorities say they have seized more than 40 pieces of evidence, including mobile phones, laptops, and digital wallets, and took down more than 100 servers linked to the criminal network, according to the Justice Department, Europol notes that authorities were able to able to warn more than 400 companies of “ongoing or imminent ransomware attacks.”
Last year, the U.S. government said it had secured the extradition of an alleged Russian hacker who allegedly served as a key administrator of the prolific Phobos ransomware operation. Another Phobos affiliate was arrested in Italy in 2023 on a French arrest warrant.