Unique intervention on ransomware gang Deadbolt Press Release by the Dutch Police - 14 Oct 2022 Both in Dutch and in English (for the English version scroll down) https://www.politie.nl/nieuws/2022/...erde-geholpen-in-unieke-ransomware-actie.html (Emphasis by me) Read there more!
I would have expected to read this at the Europol site but I cannot find it there: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom BTW: IMHO there is an error on that Europol site. It says near the top: Wrong of course if you have Press Releases from 14 Oct 2022
bleepingcomputer did a write up of it. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...adbolt-ransomware-out-of-155-decryption-keys/
Yes read about it, quite painful prank on Deadbolt, I wonder how they fell for it. So more proof that bitcoin isn't all that.
"Through tricking a criminal group, the police were able to free the computers of all Dutch victims who had filed a complaint, according to the police... Police say they stole the "decryption keys" from Deadbolt, a criminal group that distributes ransomware. The Dutch police received a tip the method of getting the keys from cybersecurity company Responders.NU. On the company's site, victims of ransomware can check whether their code was obtained..." https://nltimes.nl/2022/10/16/dutch-police-recover-150-ransomware-decryption-keys
