BKA Identifies REvil Leaders Behind 130 German Ransomware Attacks
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Why BKA’s REvil takedown isn’t your silver bullet. Learn exactly how attackers burn your infra and get a clear, actionable checklist to avoid being next.
Published: 2024-06-09
Updated: 2024-06-09
Author:
Ian Coldwell, Principal Security Architect (OSCP, CISSP), 18+ years incident response & cloud hardening. Speaker: SANS DFIR Summit 2023; Author: 2022 ransomware outbreak postmortem. LinkedIn
What happened — quick factual summary
On June 7, 2024, Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) named and charged key REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware operators as part of a global law enforcement effort (BKA press release, Europol article). Their identification highlights the international reach of ransomware crime, but don’t expect this to slow down attacks: as one crew falls, another