US DoJ leads international takedown of BlackSuit (Royal) ransomware, seizing $1.09M in cryptocurrency and highlighting coordinated cross-border efforts to dismantle global cybercrime

This coordinated effort involved multiple U.S. agencies, including Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Secret Service, IRS Criminal Investigation, and the FBI, alongside law enforcement partners from the U.K., Germany, Ireland, France, Canada, Ukraine, and Lithuania. The operation included the takedown of four servers and nine domains used to deploy ransomware, extort victims, and launder illicit proceeds…