I think they are active yes but bitcoin wont be affected by that it will be high as it is right now or even higher because of that so many people want it and even people try to steal or hack it.
I was not sure about this but few days back I have email some one from Russia is trying to enter in my blockchain account but fail to do this so now I am very careful about this changing all passwords and details regularly because I don't want to lost my money in this way