LockBit Ransomware and Evil Corp Leaders Arrested and Sanctioned in Joint Global Effort Oct 03, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Ransomware A new wave of international law enforcement actions has led to four arrests and the takedown of nine servers linked to the LockBit (aka Bitwise Spider) ransomware operation, marking the latest Read more…
Ukraine Police Arrest Suspect Linked to LockBit and Conti Ransomware Groups The Cyber Police of Ukraine has announced the arrest of a local man who is suspected to have offered their services to LockBit and Conti ransomware groups. The unnamed 28-year-old native of the Kharkiv region allegedly specialized in the Read more…
FBI Distributes 7,000 LockBit Ransomware Decryption Keys to Help Victims The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has disclosed that it’s in possession of more than 7,000 decryption keys associated with the LockBit ransomware operation to help victims get their data back at no cost. “We are reaching out to Read more…
Russian Hacker Dmitry Khoroshev Unmasked as LockBit Ransomware Administrator The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) has unmasked the administrator and developer of the LockBit ransomware operation, revealing it to be a 31-year-old Russian national named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. In addition, Khoroshev has been sanctioned by the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCD), Read more…
LockBit Ransomware Hacker Ordered to Pay $860,000 After Guilty Plea in Canada 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 resident, was originally arrested in November 2022 and charged by the U.S. Read more…
LockBit Ransomware Group Resurfaces After Law Enforcement Takedown 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 servers. To that end, the notorious group has moved its data leak portal to a new Read more…
Authorities Claim LockBit Admin "LockBitSupp" Has Engaged with Law Enforcement LockBitSupp, the individual(s) behind the persona representing the LockBit ransomware service on cybercrime forums such as Exploit and XSS, “has engaged with law enforcement,” authorities said. The development comes following the takedown of the prolific ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation as part of a Read more…
LockBit Ransomware's Darknet Domains Seized in Global Law Enforcement Raid Update: The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) has confirmed the takedown of LockBit infrastructure. Read here for more details.An international law enforcement operation has led to the seizure of multiple darknet domains operated by LockBit, one of the most prolific ransomware Read more…
U.S. Offers $15 Million Bounty to Hunt Down LockBit Ransomware Leaders The U.S. State Department has announced monetary rewards of up to $15 million for information that could lead to the identification of key leaders within the LockBit ransomware group and the arrest of any individual participating in the operation. Read more…
LockBit Ransomware Operation Shut Down; Criminals Arrested; Decryption Keys Released The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) on Tuesday confirmed that it obtained LockBit’s source code as well as intelligence pertaining to its activities and their affiliates as part of a dedicated task force called Operation Cronos. “Some of the data on Read more…