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US offers $15 million bounty for info on LockBit ransomware gang
The U.S. State Department is now also offering rewards of up to $15 million to anyone who can provide information about LockBit ransomware gang members and their associates.
Russian hacker is set to face trial for the hack of a local power grid
A Russian national (49) was charged with a cyberattack on a local power plant that caused a widespread blackout.
LockBit extorted $1B+ from victims over four years
Investigating LockBit’s finances has blown previous estimates of the operation’s wealth out of the water
LockBit ransomware gang has over $110 million in unspent bitcoin
The LockBit ransomware gang received more than $125 million in ransom payments over the past 18 months, according to the analysis of hundreds of cryptocurrency wallets associated with the operation.
Binance Restricts 85 LockBit Crypto Wallets
Cryptocurrency trading platform Binance restricted access to 85 accounts as part of an action against the LockBit ransomware affiliates, and authorities estimated
‘Most Wanted’ Man Pleads Guilty in Cyberattack That Upended Vermont Hospital
Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, 37, of Ukraine, pleaded guilty in federal court for his role in two separate malware schemes that caused tens of millions of dollars in losses.
Law enforcement disrupt world’s biggest ransomware operation | Europol
LockBit is widely recognised as the world’s most prolific and harmful ransomware, causing billions of euros worth of damage.This international sweep follows a complex investigation led by the UK’s National Crime Agency in the framework of an international taskforce known as ‘Operation Cronos’, coordinated at European level by Europol and Eurojust.The months-long operation has resulted in the compromise of LockBit’s…
Hacker arrested for selling bank accounts of US, Canadian users
Ukraine’s cyber police arrested a 31-year-old for running a cybercrime operation that gained access to bank accounts of American and Canadian users and sold them on the dark web.
Ukrainian Faces Decades in Prison for Leading Prolific Malware Campaig
The US DoJ said that the Ukrainian national has pleaded guilty to leading the Zeus and IcedID malware campaigns, which resulted in losses of tens of millions of dollars
CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents: Hackers Target Police Officers and Prosecutors in Miami-Dade
The city affirmed that neither the network nor the data had been affected by the breach.
Poland launches Pegasus spyware probe
A new commission aims to hear from top officials from the previous Law and Justice party government.
FBI, British authorities seize infrastructure of LockBit ransomware group
A coalition of international law enforcement agencies moved to disrupt the world’s most prolific ransomware group on Monday.
Police arrest LockBit ransomware members, release decryptor in global crackdown
Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption tool to recover encrypted files for free, and seized over 200 crypto-wallets after hacking the cybercrime gang’s servers in an international crackdown operation.