Security News > 2024 > March > LockBit's contested claim of fresh ransom payment suggests it's been well hobbled

Infosec in brief The infamous LockBit ransomware gang has been busy in the ten days since an international law enforcement operation took down many of its systems.

LockBit quickly set up a new website and updated it with a list of forthcoming victim ransom deadlines - one of which included data allegedly stolen from Fulton County, Georgia.

Among that data, LockBit claimed, was information about former president Donald Trump's ongoing court cases in the county, which LockBit claimed could have affected the 2024 presidential election.

LockBit claimed Fulton County paid the ransom to prevent data being exposed, but Fulton County officials protested they did no such thing - nor did they use an intermediary to pay the group.

Whether LockBit is just trying to save face and is effectively disabled remains to be seen, but Callow seems to believe that's the case.

The only way to protect against such an attack is to protect your certs, lest a future attacker make use of such a method to devastating effect.

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