deputy attorney general lisa monico also spoke. the briefing is 25 minutes. [background noises] good morning. i'm joined today deputy attorney general lisa monico fbi director chris ray, assistant attorney general for the criminal division, u.s. attorney for the middle district of florida and representative to the united states raymond. we are here to announce that last night the justice department dismantled an international ransom or network responsible for extorting and attempting to extort hundreds of millions of dollars from victims in the united states and around the world. note as the high ransom or group this network targeted more than 1500 victims around the world since june of 2021. in ransom or attacks transnational cyber criminals use malicious software to hold digital systems hostage and demand a ransom. height ransom or affiliates employed a double extortion model. first they infiltrate a victim system and still sensitive data. next, the affiliates deployed a malicious software encrypting the victim system, rendering it unusable. and finally the

fbi director christopher raitt deputy attorney general lisa monico also spoke.nutes. [background noises] good morning. i'm joined today deputy attorney general lisa monico fbi director chris ray, assistant attorney general for the criminal division, u.s. attorney for the middle district of florida and representative to the united states raymond. we are here to announce that last night the justice department dismantled an international ransom or network responsible for extorting and attempting to extort hundreds of millions of dollars from victims in the united states and around the world. note as the high ransom or group this network targeted more than 1500 victims around the world since june of 2021. in ransom or attacks transnational cyber criminals use malicious software to hold digital systems hostage and demand a ransom. height ransom or affiliates employed a double extortion model. first they infiltrate a victim system and still sensitive data. next, the affiliates deployed a malicious software encrypting the victim system, rendering it unusable. and final