FBI Shuts Down Dozens of Radar/Dispossessor Ransomware Servers
ID: b483afcc-2fa7-52dd-8c39-5db1989a25d7
STIX ID: report--b483afcc-2fa7-52dd-8c39-5db1989a25d7
Feed Name: Dark Reading
Date Published: 2024-08-13
Date Updated: 2026-04-21
Author: Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer
The FBI, in coordination with international partners, dismantled servers and domains used by the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware gang (operator "Brain"), a double-extortion group that targeted SMBs and organizations across numerous sectors and at least 43 victims in multiple countries; the report describes the group's methods (exfiltration, encryption, exploiting vulnerabilities, weak passwords, lack of 2FA, privilege escalation) and urges continued vigilance despite the takedown.
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