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LockBit 3.0: usurpers multiply and go upmarket

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Dissent
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Valéry Rieß-Marchive reports (machine translation):

A new impersonator of the LockBit 3.0 ransomware franchise has just been spotted. Like the one who attacked the André-Mignot hospital in Chesnay-Rocquencourt at the beginning of December, he does not offer a Web interface accessible via Tor to discuss with his victims and, if necessary, negotiate the requested ransom: the exchanges are made via Tox secure instant messaging.

But the new usurper has its differences.

Read more at LeMagIT.


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