reader comments 9 The FBI is urging victims of one of the most prolific ransomware groups to come forward after agents recovered thousands of decryption keys that may allow the recovery of data that has remained inaccessible for months or years. The revelation, made Wednesday by a top FBI official, comes three months after an… Read More: 7,000 LockBit decryption keys now in the hands of the… »
Enlarge / Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, aka LockBitSupp UK National Crime Agency reader comments 62 Since at least 2019, a shadowy figure hiding behind several pseudonyms has publicly gloated for extorting millions of dollars from thousands of victims he and his associates had hacked. Now, for the first time, “LockBitSupp” has been unmasked by an international… Read More: Ransomware mastermind LockBitSupp reveled in his anonymity—now he’s been ID’d »
Getty Images | Charles O’Rear reader comments 34 A dual Canadian-Russian national has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in infecting more than 1,000 victims with the LockBit ransomware and then extorting them for tens of millions of dollars. Mikhail Vasiliev, a 33-year-old who most recently lived in Ontario, Canada, was… Read More: Member of LockBit ransomware group sentenced to 4 years in… »
reader comments 9 Two days after an international team of authorities struck a major blow at LockBit, one of the Internet’s most prolific ransomware syndicates, researchers have detected a new round of attacks that are installing malware associated with the group. The attacks, detected in the past 24 hours, are exploiting two critical vulnerabilities in… Read More: Ransomware associated with LockBit still spreading 2 days after server… »
Getty Images reader comments 38 After years of being outmaneuvered by snarky ransomware criminals who tease and brag about each new victim they claim, international authorities finally got their chance to turn the tables, and they aren’t squandering it. The top-notch trolling came after authorities from the US, UK, and Europol took down most of… Read More: After years of losing, it’s finally feds’ turn to troll… »
reader comments 29 Law enforcement agencies including the FBI and the UK’s National Crime Agency have dealt a crippling blow to LockBit, one of the world’s most prolific cybercrime gangs, whose victims include Royal Mail and Boeing. The 11 international agencies behind “Operation Cronos” said on Tuesday that the ransomware group—many of whose members are… Read More: LockBit ransomware group taken down in multinational operation »
reader comments 83 with What do Boeing, an Australian shipping company, the world’s largest bank, and one of the world’s biggest law firms have in common? All four have suffered cybersecurity breaches, most likely at the hands of teenage hackers, after failing to patch a critical vulnerability that security experts have warned of for more… Read More: Teens with “digital bazookas” are winning the ransomware war, researcher… »
reader comments 5 with Chipmaker TSMC said on Friday that one of its hardware suppliers experienced a “security incident” that allowed the attackers to obtain configurations and settings for some of the servers the company uses in its corporate network. The disclosure came a day after the LockBit ransomware crime syndicate listed TSMC on its… Read More: TSMC says some of its data was swept up in… »
reader comments 18 with 0 posters participating Share this story Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a dual Russian and Canadian national for his alleged participation in a global campaign to spread ransomware known as LockBit. Mikhail Vasiliev, 33, of Bradford, Ontario, Canada, was taken into custody in late October by authorities in Ontario, officials at… Read More: LockBit ransomware suspect nabbed in Canada, faces charges in the… »