The Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau has been part of an internationally supported operation targeting the Hive Ransomware Group.
Operation Downbreaker has shut down the servers and technical infrastructure utilised by the group.
HIVE ransomware has been identified as a major threat to international security, compromising the data of large multinationals in Europe.
Over 1-thousand 300 companies worldwide have fallen victim to the associates of the HIVE Ransomware Group since November.
They have paid almost 100 million euro in ransom payments.
