US reveals it seized $1 million worth of Bitcoin from Russian BlackSuit ransomware gang

The United States Department of Justice has revealed that the recent takedown of the BlackSuit ransomware gang’s servers, domains, and dark web extortion site, also saw the seizure of US $1,091,453 worth of cryptocurrency.

The DOJ’s press release describes how law enforcement agencies around the world – including the United States, UK, Canada, Germany, Ireland, and France – joined forces in an operation to seize four servers and nine domains associated with the gang behind the BlackSuit ransomw