FBI Seizes RAMP Cybercrime Forum Used By Ransomware Gangs (bleepingcomputer.com)
(Thursday January 29, 2026 @05:00AM (BeauHD)
from the cease-and-desist dept.)
- Reference: 0180683162
- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/01/29/0533228/fbi-seizes-ramp-cybercrime-forum-used-by-ransomware-gangs
- Source link: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-seizes-ramp-cybercrime-forum-used-by-ransomware-gangs/
[1]joshuark shares a report from BleepingComputer:
> The FBI has [2]seized the notorious RAMP cybercrime forum , a platform used to advertise a wide range of malware and hacking services, and one of the few remaining forums that openly allowed the promotion of ransomware operations. Both the forum's Tor site and its clearnet domain, ramp4u[.]io, now display a seizure notice stating, "The Federal Bureau of Investigation has seized RAMP."
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> While there has been no official announcement by law enforcement regarding this seizure, the domain name servers have now been switched to those used by the FBI when seizing domains. If so, law enforcement now has access to a significant amount of data tied to the forum's users, including email addresses, IP addresses, private messages, and other potentially incriminating information. In a forum post to the XSS hacking forum, one of the alleged former RAMP operators known as "Stallman" confirmed the seizure.
[1] https://slashdot.org/~joshuark
[2] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-seizes-ramp-cybercrime-forum-used-by-ransomware-gangs/
> The FBI has [2]seized the notorious RAMP cybercrime forum , a platform used to advertise a wide range of malware and hacking services, and one of the few remaining forums that openly allowed the promotion of ransomware operations. Both the forum's Tor site and its clearnet domain, ramp4u[.]io, now display a seizure notice stating, "The Federal Bureau of Investigation has seized RAMP."
>
> While there has been no official announcement by law enforcement regarding this seizure, the domain name servers have now been switched to those used by the FBI when seizing domains. If so, law enforcement now has access to a significant amount of data tied to the forum's users, including email addresses, IP addresses, private messages, and other potentially incriminating information. In a forum post to the XSS hacking forum, one of the alleged former RAMP operators known as "Stallman" confirmed the seizure.
[1] https://slashdot.org/~joshuark
[2] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-seizes-ramp-cybercrime-forum-used-by-ransomware-gangs/
Dr. Evil levels of reality. (Score:2)
by geekmux ( 1040042 )
It would be comedy gold to watch an FBI goon posing as Dr. Evil on video doing a stone-cold revenge plan with pinky solidly buried in the crook of his mouth spouting ”One treeeellion dollars” in response to hackers wanting their domain back.
That comedy would quickly turn into a fucking documentary when the hackers respond with “No problem. You want that in dollars, euros, or bitcoin..”
Good (Score:2)
I hope Bubba takes their lunch money for ransom and give them lots of slippery soap