Security News > 2023 > July > LockBit louts unload ransomware at Japan’s most prolific cargo port

The port of Nagoya - which shifted 2.68 million shipping containers and 164 million tons of cargo in 2022 - has moved precious few in the last 24 hours after finding itself the latest victim of Russia's notorious LockBit ransomware gang.

Japanese media have reported substantial disruptions at the port and named LockBit as the culprit.

That makes this incident a very unwelcome supply chain interruption - and demonstrating why the likes of LockBit would consider it a target.

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's assessment of LockBit is that it's a ransomware-as-a-service operator that works with affiliates that conduct attacks.

It's also cheeky: CISA believes it has staged publicity stunts such as paying people to get LockBit tattoos as part of its efforts to recruit affiliates.

Infosec agencies from seven nations recently issued a joint advisory in which they estimated that since 2020 LockBit has cost victims in the US alone over $90 million - the result of around 1,700 attacks.

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