Lockbit cybercrime gang says it is back online following global police bust

Earlier DU threads:
• FBI and allies seize dark-web site of world's most prolific ransomware gang
• FBI and allies seize dark-web site of world's most prolific ransomware gang (incl. Fulton County)

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Source: Reuters

Lockbit cybercrime gang says it is back online following global police bust

James Pearson
Mon, February 26, 2024 at 7:52 AM EST·2 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - Lockbit, the cybercrime gang that was knocked offline by a comprehensive international police operation earlier this month, says it has restored its servers and is back in business.

The group, notorious on the internet's criminal underground for using malicious software called ransomware to digitally extort its victims, was the target of an unprecedented international law enforcement operation last week which saw its members arrested and indicted.

Lockbit's own website was used by police to taunt its ringleaders, and last Friday police said its leader "LockbitSupp" was cooperating with law enforcement, without elaborating.

In a lengthy, rambling statement dated Saturday, the group said law enforcement had hacked Lockbit's darkweb site—where the gang leaks data stolen from its victims—using a vulnerability in the PHP programming language, which is widely used to build websites and online applications.

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