In 2023, it split into two companies with a branch remaining in Moscow branded F.A.C.C.T.
Group-IB was founded in 2003 by Ilya Sachkov and Dmitry Volkov in Russia.
[2] In September 2021, Ilya Sachkov, its co-founder and CEO, was detained by Russian authorities for treason.
[7] Ilya Sachkov maintains his involvement in the Russian business.
[5] In December 2023, the Moscow office discovered that a hacking group was targeting Russian companies with a war-related phishing attack.