--- title: Incident Response Leads to Collaboration with FBI and Takedown of a Global Threat Actor description: During the course of an incident response, our engineers reverse engineered and decrypted a method of communication used by the threat actor to exfiltrate image: https://infusedinnovations.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/AdobeStock_351483436-Jul-09-2024-06-39-36-5699-PM-Jul-10-2024-04-10-51-4810-AM.jpeg --- [Cybersecurity & Operational Risk](https://infusedinnovations.com/blog/tag/cybersecurity-operational-risk) # Incident Response Leads to Collaboration with FBI and Takedown of a Global Threat Actor by [Infused Innovations](https://infusedinnovations.com/blog/author/infused-innovations) 1 min read October 12, 2022 During the course of an incident response, our engineers reverse engineered and decrypted a method of communication used by the threat actor to exfiltrate data. Accessing that overseas server enabled us to see hundreds of other customers that were actively compromised in real-time, including healthcare, government, education, and financial services accounts. In collaboration with one of the largest cybersecurity firms and the FBI, we were also able to prove that this threat actor was not deleting data even after receiving ransom payments. The FBI worked with a foreign government and the server was seized, and the trove of data led to a major takedown of an international cybercrime actor, and the publishing of significant findings that detailed major innerworkings in that syndicate.   #### **Stay connected.** Join the Infused Innovations email list! #### Share this [Share on X ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https://infusedinnovations.com/blog/cybersecurity-stories/incident-response-leads-to-collaboration-with-fbi-and-takedown-of-a-global&text=Incident%20Response%20Leads%20to%20Collaboration%20with%20FBI%20and%20Takedown%20of%20a%20Global%20Threat%20Actor) [Share on Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://infusedinnovations.com/blog/cybersecurity-stories/incident-response-leads-to-collaboration-with-fbi-and-takedown-of-a-global&t=Incident%20Response%20Leads%20to%20Collaboration%20with%20FBI%20and%20Takedown%20of%20a%20Global%20Threat%20Actor) [Share on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://infusedinnovations.com/blog/cybersecurity-stories/incident-response-leads-to-collaboration-with-fbi-and-takedown-of-a-global&t=Incident%20Response%20Leads%20to%20Collaboration%20with%20FBI%20and%20Takedown%20of%20a%20Global%20Threat%20Actor) Previous [← Securely Elevating Students via EdTech Platform Rebuild](https://infusedinnovations.com/blog/strategic-advisory-stories/securely-elevating-students-via-edtech-platform-rebuild) Next [Big Announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2022 →](https://infusedinnovations.com/blog/secure-intelligent-workplace/big-announcements-from-microsoft-ignite-2022) ### You May Also Like These Related Posts [The 2026 HIPAA Security Rule: An Engineering Problem Disguised as a Compliance Exercise](https://infusedinnovations.com/blog/2026-hipaa-security-rule-blog) ![](https://infusedinnovations.com/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/Healthcare%20Tech%20Conference%20Cybersecurity%20Discussion.png) [Healthcare](https://infusedinnovations.com/blog/tag/healthcare) #### The 2026 HIPAA Security Rule: An Engineering Problem Disguised as a Compliance Exercise May 24, 2026 3 min read [Pandemic Couldn't Disrupt This Team of 2,000](https://infusedinnovations.com/blog/technical-delivery-stories/pandemic-couldnt-disrupt-this-team-of-2000) ![](https://infusedinnovations.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/AdobeStock_351483436-Jul-09-2024-06-39-36-5699-PM-Jul-10-2024-04-10-51-4810-AM.jpeg) [Technology Architecture & Delivery](https://infusedinnovations.com/blog/tag/technology-architecture-delivery) #### Pandemic Couldn't Disrupt This Team of 2,000 October 12, 2022 1 min read [Infused Innovations Earns Microsoft DevOps Gold Competency for their Azure DevSecOps Platform: Infused Threat Protection](https://infusedinnovations.com/blog/intelligent-cloud/infused-innovations-azure-devsecops-microsoft-gold-competency) ![](https://infusedinnovations.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Azure-Devops-2.jpg) [Cybersecurity & Operational Risk](https://infusedinnovations.com/blog/tag/cybersecurity-operational-risk) #### Infused Innovations Earns Microsoft DevOps Gold Competency for their Azure DevSecOps Platform: Infused Threat Protection April 12, 2019 2 min read ### No Comments Yet Let us know what you think ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Infused Innovations", "url" : "https://infusedinnovations.com/blog/author/infused-innovations" }, "dateModified" : "2024-07-10T04:14:33.850Z", "datePublished" : "2022-10-12T04:00:00.000Z", "headline" : "Incident Response Leads to Collaboration with FBI and Takedown of a Global Threat Actor", "image" : [ "https://infusedinnovations.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/AdobeStock_351483436-Jul-09-2024-06-39-36-5699-PM-Jul-10-2024-04-10-51-4810-AM.jpeg" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://infusedinnovations.com/blog/cybersecurity-stories/incident-response-leads-to-collaboration-with-fbi-and-takedown-of-a-global", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://infusedinnovations.com/hubfs/ii-logo.svg" }, "name" : "Infused Innovations" } } ```