International effort dismantles LockBit. [Research Saturday]

Published: May 25, 2024, 7 a.m.

Jon DiMaggio, a Chief Security Strategist at Analyst1, is sharing his work on "Ransomware Diaries Volume 5: Unmasking LockBit." On February 19, 2024, the National Crime Agency (NCA), a UK sovereign law enforcement agency, in collaboration with the FBI, Europol, and nine other countries under "Operation Cronos," disrupted the LockBit ransomware gang\u2019s data leak site used for shaming, extorting, and leaking victim data.\nThe NCA greeted visitors to LockBit\u2019s dark web leak site with a seizure banner, revealing they had been controlling LockBit\u2019s infrastructure for some time, collecting information, acquiring victim decryption keys, and even compromising the new ransomware payload intended for LockBit 4.0.\nThe research can be found here:\nRansomware Diaries Volume 5: Unmasking LockBit\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices