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Comment on this story Comment Gift Article ShareDoppelPaymer sting nets results, but it isn’t clear whether the trend against ransomware criminals is a lasting oneAn international police sting against a prolific ransomware gang is the latest blow to a form of cybercrime that’s showing signs of slowing down. AdvertisementDoppelPaymer has a convoluted history, with alleged links to more prominent Russian ransomware hackers and a ransomware infection at Düsseldorf University that triggered a homicide investigation. The sting figures into a larger trend of government successes against ransomware operators. AdvertisementThe DoppelPaymer gang has links to Evil Corp., a Russian ransomware operator that the United States said stole $100 million. For example, it has begun recovering cryptocurrency ransom payments, with law enforcement agents tracking them and intercepting them.