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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.
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.
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.
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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 ransomware could be deployed through compromised website links, phishing, credential theft or other methods. Must-read security coverage LockBit website shut down.
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...
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.
The threat actors behind the LockBit ransomware operation have resurfaced on the dark web using new infrastructure, days after an international law enforcement exercise seized control of its...
The LockBit gang is relaunching its ransomware operation on a new infrastructure less than a week after law enforcement hacked their servers, and is threatening to focus more of their attacks on the government sector. On Saturday, LockBit announced it was resuming the ransomware business and released damage control communication saying admitting that "Personal negligence and irresponsibility" led to law enforcement disrupting its activity in Operation Cronos.