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LockBit ransomware kingpin gets 4 years behind bars
2024-03-14 18:26

A LockBit ransomware kingpin has been sentenced to almost four years behind bars and ordered to pay more than CA$860,000 in restitution to some of his victims by a Canadian court as he awaits extradition to the US. During a sentencing hearing this week, Justice Michelle Fuerst said 34-year-old Mikhail Vasiliev was a cyber-terrorist who was "Motivated by his own greed," according to CTV News. Vasiliev, a dual Canadian-Russian national living in Bradford, Ontario, pleaded guilty last month to eight counts of cyber-extortion, mischief, and weapons charges against Canadian victims, including businesses in Saskatchewan, Montreal, and Newfoundland.

LockBit Ransomware Hacker Ordered to Pay $860,000 After Guilty Plea in Canada
2024-03-14 13:47

A 34-year-old Russian-Canadian national has been sentenced to nearly four years in jail in Canada for his participation in the LockBit global ransomware operation. Mikhail Vasiliev, an Ontario...

LockBit ransomware affiliate gets four years in jail, to pay $860k
2024-03-13 11:42

Russian-Canadian cybercriminal Mikhail Vasiliev has been sentenced to four years in prison by an Ontario court for his involvement in the LockBit ransomware operation. The man was a key member of the notorious LockBit ransomware gang, involved in many of the operation's high-profile attacks.

The federal bureau of trolling hits LockBit, but the joke's on us
2024-03-04 09:30

Operation Cronos, led by the UK's National Crime Agency and the US's FBI, was put together by agencies from ten countries with the aim of closing down the world's most successful ransomware gang, LockBit. Best of all, the countdown timer by which LockBit displayed how long victims had left to pay up had been duplicated, only this time counting down to the unmasking of LockBit's head honcho, LockBitSupp.

LockBit's contested claim of fresh ransom payment suggests it's been well hobbled
2024-03-04 03:15

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.

Week in review: LockBit leak site is back online, NIST updates its Cybersecurity Framework
2024-03-03 09:00

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LockBit ransomware returns to attacks with new encryptors, servers
2024-02-28 18:31

The LockBit ransomware gang is once again conducting attacks, using updated encryptors with ransom notes linking to new servers after last week's law enforcement disruption. Last week, the NCA, FBI, and Europol conducted a coordinated disruption called 'Operation Cronos' against the LockBit ransomware operation.

LockBit Back Online as Ransomware Gang Continues to Clash with Law Enforcement
2024-02-26 20:11

LockBit ransomware could be deployed through compromised website links, phishing, credential theft or other methods. Must-read security coverage LockBit website shut down.

Back from the dead: LockBit taunts cops, threatens to leak Trump docs
2024-02-26 19:14

Officials have until March 2 to cough up or stolen data gets leaked LockBit claims it's back in action just days after an international law enforcement effort seized the ransomware gang's servers...

LockBit leak site is back online
2024-02-26 14:02

LockBitSupp, the individual running the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service operation, has made good on one promise: the LockBit leak site is back online on backup domains, with lists of victims expected to be unveiled in the coming days. Last week, Operation Cronos hit LockBit hard by taking over their leak site and affiliate panel, disrupting part of their infrastructure, and arresting some suspected affiliates.