The LockBit ransomware gang has bounced back from its senior administrator being unmasked, with more than 65 leak posts in a single day. We talk to Recorded Future’s Alexander Leslie about what that activity means. Days after an international coalition...

The high-profile LockBit ransomware gang is now apparently under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) after threatening to leak Entrust ransomware data. LockBit was hit by a DDoS attack within a day after taking responsibility for the Entrust hack,...

Ransomware giant LockBit has announced its 4.0 encryptor, teasing a return in early 2025. The group took a blow in February 2024 following a global takedown operation called Operation Cronos, which saw its site seized, its infrastructure dismantled,...

This week saw the world’s largest and most notorious ransomware gang – LockBit – taken down by international law enforcement in a sting led by the UK’s National Crime Agency and the FBI. As a result of the takedown, several members or users of the...

Notorious ransomware gang LockBit has claimed a cyber attack on the US Federal Reserve LockBit listed the US central banking system on its site on 23 June, claiming to have exfiltrated 33 terabytes of “juicy banking information containing American’s...

Agency (NCA) has released additional details of its joint takedown of the notorious and most infamous ransomware group, LockBit. The threat group’s site was taken down yesterday (20 February 2024) by international law enforcement agencies, led by the...

LockBit has leaked the transcript of its negotiations with Royal Mail, revealing a ransom demand of over AU$114 million. The chat log was leaked only days after the latest payment deadline of 14 February. While Royal Mail didn’t pay, the attackers are...

Following claims by LockBit that Darktrace’s systems had been compromised, cyber security firm Darktrace has stated that it has verified that its systems were never breached. Darktrace issued the statement on Thursday last week (13 April) after the...

LockBit ransomware gang has claimed to have hacked security vendor Mandiant, threatening to leak over 350,000 stolen files online. Following LockBit's claim, Mandiant responded that it had found "no evidence" of a breach. The security vendor believes...

Is this a mighty blow against cyber crime, or just a glancing blow? Taking out LockBit should be celebrated, but it’s just one small step in the fight against ransomware. This week saw a global partnership of law enforcement agencies, headed by...

Global law enforcement has seemingly resurrected the seized dark web leak site of the LockBit ransomware gang once again, teasing new arrests and information. LockBit was seized as part of Operation Cronos in February this year, an international sting...

LockBit 3.0 has taken another critical blow after global law enforcement agencies announced overnight that four more individuals connected to the ransomware gang had been arrested as part of Operation Cronos. Yesterday (1 October), global law...

Global cyber consulting company Accenture has been breached by a cyber threat using a strain of ransomware known as LockBit. Using LockBit 2.0, the attacker claims to have stolen over 6TB of Accenture’s data and is demanding $50 million in exchange....

placed on his arrest. The Australian government has announced sweeping sanctions against a Russian national behind the LockBit ransomware gang. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, 31, has been identified as a key hacker in the group and the man behind the...

The Australian Cyber Security Centre has issued an alert following a reported increase in the number of LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks across Australia. One of the nation’s peak cyber security bodies this week issued an alert following a reported...

to be infected, it’s time to review and renew efforts to improve access control privilege management. As a threat, LockBit has been the subject of a series of government warnings over the years, coinciding with the evolution of the malware, which is now...

Prolific ransomware gang LockBit targets a popular sandwich franchise – “The biggest sandwich chain is pretending that nothing happened.” The LockBit 3.0 ransomware gang claims to have hacked the popular fast-food joint Subway. The group posted some...

Ransomware gang LockBit has claimed responsibility for the hack – and has shared employee passports and financial data to prove it. After a hacker defaced the company’s website last week as a calling card, the LockBit 3.0 ransomware group has now...

A key affiliate of the infamous LockBit ransomware gang has been sentenced to four years in prison by Canadian courts and ordered to pay almost $1 million in restitution. Mikhail Vasiliev was originally arrested for his role in the LockBit ransomware...

by AI giants, alongside a major network infrastructure firm, has allegedly suffered from a cyber attack at the hands of LockBit 3.0. Marvell Technology, a data infrastructure semiconductor solutions provider, was listed on the threat group’s dark web...