Inside Trickbot, Russia’s Notorious Ransomware Gang
By Matt Burgess
Published: 2022-02-01 · Archived: 2026-04-06 00:57:49 UTC
Feb 1, 2022 7:00 AM
Internal messages WIRED has viewed shed new light on the operators of one of the world's biggest botnets.
Photograph: katleho Seisa/Getty Images
When the phones and computer networks went down at Ridgeview Medical Center’s three hospitals on October
24, 2020, the medical group resorted to a Facebook post to warn its patients about the disruption. One local
volunteer-run fire department said ambulances were being diverted to other hospitals; officials reported patients
and staff were safe. The downtime at the Minnesota medical facilities was no technical glitch; reports quickly
linked the activity to one of Russia’s most notorious ransomware gangs.
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Matt Burgess is a senior writer at WIRED focused on information security, privacy, and data regulation in Europe.
He graduated from the University of Sheffield with a degree in journalism and now lives in London. Send tips to
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