Operation Shutdown: The Multi-Continent Sting That Brought Down a $2.5 Billion Ransomware Empire — and What Every Small Business Owner Must Know Now
Federal agents, European law enforcement, and digital forensics specialists spent nearly two years mapping the infrastructure of one of the most prolific ransomware-as-a-service syndicates ever documented. CipherWatch breaks down how they did it, what the operation revealed about modern cybercrime, and the concrete steps small businesses must take before the next wave arrives.