One of the most notorious cybercrime organisations in the world has been hit by an unprecedented police operation involving the arrest and indictment of members of the Lockbit ransomware group by the FBI and Britain’s National Crime Agency.
The United States has charged two Russian citizens with deploying Lockbit ransomware against organisations and companies across the globe. Police in Poland and Ukraine made two arrests.
The disruption of a criminal network, which has targeted over 2,000 victims globally, accepted over $120 million in ransom payments, and demanded hundreds of millions of dollars, was announced by the NCA, FBI, Europol, and U.S. Department of Justice at a meeting in London.
Britain’s National Crime Agency Cyber Division, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other law enforcement agencies seized control of websites used by Lockbit the gang and U.S. and British authorities said. The law enforcement agencies also went over and beyond by releasing internal data about the group through Lockbit’s own websi
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