
U.S. Seizes Domain of Russian Crypto Platform Garantex Used by Ransomware Gangs
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The U.S. Secret Service has seized the domain of the sanctioned Russian cryptocurrency platform Garantex, in collaboration with the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, the FBI, and Europol. This operation aims to disrupt the activities of ransomware groups that were using Garantex to launder their illicit gains. The technical details and real impacts of this seizure were not specified in the article.