In a major win for UK law enforcement, Britain has led an international operation to disrupt what is thought to be one of the world’s most prolific cybercrime gangs.
LockBit, a notorious, Russian-based criminal ransomware group, has been locked out of its own website. The hackers have been hacked.
LockBit’s website is now overlaid with a message saying it is under the control of the UK’s National Crime Agency which is “working in close cooperation with the FBI and the international law enforcement task force, Operation Cronos”.