Once the dust settles on the LockBit disruption, what will be the state of ransomware? Expect attackers to continue refining their tactics for maximizing profits via a grab bag of complementary strategies, including crypto-locking shakedowns and data-theft extortion.
The group is one of the most prolific ransomware operators in the world and has hacked some of the world's largest organisations, but now the website has been seized by global law enforcers
Blue Monday arrived late this year for the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service group, after an international coalition of law enforcement agencies seized swathes of its infrastructure. Security experts said even if the down-on-its-heels group reboots, the disruption already stands as a big win.
A coalition of international law enforcement on Tuesday breached the world’s most prolific ransomware syndicate, Lockbit, which was behind the DP World hack.