ALPHV/BlackCat website seizure

The ALPHV/BlackCat onion address was archived with a seizure notice on 19 December 2023. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that the FBI had gained visibility into the group’s network and seized several websites operated by the group.

Current assessment: ONLINE → SEIZED. Supporting sources appear below.

BEFORE

No independently replayable pre-seizure capture of this exact onion address was found in the public web archives reviewed.

AFTER

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1. 19 Dec 2023 ONLINE → SEIZED

   A seizure notice was archived and DOJ confirmed that several group-operated websites had been seized.

Domain

alphvmmm27o3abo3r2mlmjrpdmzle3rykajqc5xsj7j7ejksbpsa36ad.onion

Category

ransomware

Current status

SEIZED

Previous status

ONLINE

First seen

Not confirmed

Last seen

Not confirmed

Changed at

19 December 2023

Action type

law-enforcement disruption

Agency

Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice

Registrar

Not confirmed

Hosting provider

Not confirmed

Country

United States

Related operation

Not confirmed

The ALPHV/BlackCat onion address was archived with a seizure notice on 19 December 2023. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that the FBI had gained visibility into the group’s network and seized several websites operated by the group.

No replacement domain or mirror has been confirmed.

Visual similarity alone is not treated as evidence of common ownership. Websites can copy each other. This remains one of the internet’s more dependable features.

Extortion Wiki documents the actor, negotiations, ransom notes, victims, and related ransomware activity.

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vx-underground provides malware-family samples and technical research. These links provide family context and do not serve as evidence for the takedown documented above.

• ALPHV / BlackCat malware-family archive → Family: BlackCat · Publisher: vx-underground

  Family-level malware research reference; not evidence of the website seizure.

OpenSpy stores metadata and research links only. It does not mirror executable malware or sample archives.

1. Justice Department Disrupts Prolific ALPHV/Blackcat Ransomware Variant

   U.S. Department of Justice

   Type: official law-enforcement announcement · Published: 19 December 2023 · Accessed: 26 July 2026

2. ALPHV/BlackCat website seizure banner

   Extortion Wiki

   Type: verified archive record · Published: 19 December 2023 · Accessed: 26 July 2026

Before snapshot

Not preserved

After snapshot

Available

Official confirmation

Not confirmed

Exact takedown time

Not confirmed

Last reviewed

26 July 2026

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