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The reason for the downtime is unclear. Sometimes dark web sites temporarily go offline and swiftly return. The site has been down now for over eight hours. Vx-underground added that the dumping site became unresponsive at 1AM EST.REvil is a hugely prolific ransomware group, and was also responsible for the attack on the world's largest meat producer JBS. The group is Russian speaking.President Biden told President Putin last Friday that Russia must "take action" against cybercriminals based in the country who target the United States. Russian and U.S. officials are meeting this week to discuss the issue.Do you have new information about REvil? We'd love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Joseph Cox securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, OTR chat on jfcox@jabber.ccc.de, or email joseph.cox@vice.com.