The Epoch Times 
By Ken Silva
News Analysis
When President Joe Biden took office last year, ransomware was near the top of his list of issues to deal with when it comes to Russia.
And for good reason. For years, the U.S. government has accused the Kremlin of allowing ransomware hackers to operate in Russia with impunity—resulting in major attacks on U.S. infrastructure, including crippling hacks on Colonial Pipeline, IT developers Kaseya and SolarWinds, as well as global food supplier JBS.
So it came as a pleasant surprise to many observers when Russia’s FSB domestic intelligence service announced on Jan. 14 that it arrested and dismantled one of the country’s most prominent ransomware groups, REvil. The FSB said it did so at the request of the Biden administration, which, in turn, said it “welcomes” the news and credits diplomacy between the two nations…
