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International Investigation Leads to Shutdown of Ransomware Group

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cleveland Field Office, August 12, 2024. Radar/Dispossessor disruption announced by FBI Cleveland on 12 August 2024: three U.S. servers, three United Kingdom servers, 18 German servers, eight U.S.-based criminal domains and one German-based criminal domain dismantled, and the partner roles of the U.K. National Crime Agency, the Bamberg Public Prosecutor's Office and the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office.

Source type
Law enforcement release
Published
August 12, 2024
Research grade
P1
Used in entries
4

Bibliographic record

Publisher
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cleveland Field Office
Published
August 12, 2024
Source type
Law enforcement release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/cleveland/news/international-investigation-leads-to-shutdown-of-ransomware-group
What it supports
Radar/Dispossessor disruption announced by FBI Cleveland on 12 August 2024: three U.S. servers, three United Kingdom servers, 18 German servers, eight U.S.-based criminal domains and one German-based criminal domain dismantled, and the partner roles of the U.K. National Crime Agency, the Bamberg Public Prosecutor's Office and the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office
Dataset id
src_usfbi_cleveland_dispossessor_2024

Research notes

  • Subtitle on the page: '“Radar/Dispossessor” servers and domains successfully dismantled'.
  • Read via an Internet Archive capture because fbi.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated clients.

How this source is used

Cited 4 times across 3 record types.

The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.

Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

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Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

Organization roles

1 citation

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

Infrastructure

2 citations

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

  • 24 servers

    Servers disabled, Radar/Dispossessor ransomware disruption

    Primary source
  • 9 domains

    Domains seized, Radar/Dispossessor ransomware disruption

    Primary source
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