Lockbit in a sentence

As for the claimed leak by LockBit, “we are aware that a third party has made data available on the dark web which it claims to have taken from this environment,” CDW said in the statement.

I also note that a fascinating additional insight from Jon DiMaggio, who infiltrated the Lockbit ransomware gang.

In a March 8th podcast I told you the LockBit ransomware gang listed a Florida county sheriff’s office as one of its latest victims.

LockBit claims it got copies of thousands of Space-X drawings that will be auctioned off unless paid by today.

LockBit has also taken credit for recently stealing data from the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, the LockBit ransomware gang says it is responsible for hacking the ION Group, a U.K.-based software provider to financial institutions.

The advisory only cited hard figures from three countries, with 1,700, Lockbit-related incidents reported or confirmed in the United States, 69 in France and 15 in New Zealand.

The company’s FAQ on the Feb. 8 attack says the LockBit strain of ransomware was the malware deployed.

According to Europol, the group has now comprised LockBit’s primary platform and critical infrastructure,” which includes the takedown of 34 servers spanning Europe, the US, and Australia.

And according to the U.S. Department of Justice, LockBit has been used in approximately 2,000 ransomware attacks against victim systems in the U.S. and worldwide, which earned it — and this kind of shocked me — more than $120 million in ransom payments.

A website run by criminal group LockBit now displays a message saying it is ‘now under the control of law enforcement’.

Experts have said that LockBit may try to rebuild its operation but Chris Morgan, analyst from cyber security firm ReliaQuest, said the law enforcement action was 'a significant short-term blow'.

LockBit is one of the world’s most prolific ransomware groups.

Panev allegedly served as a developer for the LockBit ransomware group from its formation around 2019 until at least February 2024.

Since it first emerged as a ransomware operation in late 2019, LockBit has become one of the world’s most prolific cybercrime gangs, targeting victims around the world and netting millions of dollars in extorted ransom payments.

The authorities announced the seizure of LockBit’s infrastructure on the gang’s own dark web leak site, which the group previously used to publish victims’ stolen data unless a ransom was paid.

The operation involved law enforcement from 11 different countries and resulted in the seizure of 11,000 domains used by LockBit and its affiliates for ransomware activities.

The same year, Nagoya Port, one of Japan’s busiest, was crippled by a ransomware attack that was blamed on Lockbit, a Russia-based cybercrime organisation.

Vasiliev deployed LockBit against at least 12 victims, including an educational facility in the UK and a school in Switzerland, the US said.

Well, since it first emerged as a ransomware, as a service operation back in late 2019, TechCrunch writes, LockBit has become one of the world’s most prolific cybercrime gangs.