The National Crime Agency - known as Britain s FBI - and other international partners, broke into LockBit, which was used in a quarter of all ransomware attacks.
Russia-based Lockbit has been causing havoc by hacking into computer systems and stealing data which it then threatens to release unless the victims pay a ransom.
A coalition of 10 countries has ‘hacked the hackers’ to take down the prolific ransomware site, suspected of being behind attacks on Royal Mail and Boeing