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Unpicking LockBit — 22 Cases of Affiliate Tradecraft

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Dissent

As part of its roll-out of news about the LockBit disruption, the governments involved have provided additional information and resources. One of the resources is an article by Secureworks. The summary of their article: Summary The GOLD MYSTIC threat group has operated the LockBit name-and-shame ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme since mid-2019, exploiting unauthorized access to thousands…

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HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Settles Second Ever Ransomware Cyber-Attack for $40,000 and a Corrective Action Plan with OCR Monitoring

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Dissent

HHS OCR has announced a second enforcement settlement in a ransomware case. The 2019 breach involving Green Ridge Behavioral Health managed to fly mostly under the media radar at the time. DataBreaches was not even aware that it was a ransomware attack as when this site contacted Green Ridge back then to inquire about the…

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Reward Offers for Information on LockBit Leaders and Designating Affiliates

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Dissent

LockBitSupp, the top honcho at LockBit, always complained that there was no reward for him. He even offered a reward for anyone who could identify him. He should be so pleased by this latest announcement from the Department of State: The Department of State is announcing reward offers totaling up to $15 million for information…

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Updating: In “Cronos,” law enforcement took down 34 Lockbit servers

Posted on February 20, 2024 by Dissent

As reported yesterday, law enforcement seized control of LockBit’s leak site and infrastructure. Attempts to view their leak site today show that the seizure notice has been replaced with a page that links to different information on LockBit’ seizure and law enforcement activities:   Europol also released more information about the operations: The months-long operation…

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Developing: LockBit disrupted by law enforcement

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Dissent

On Monday afternoon, LockBit3.0’s dark web blog was replaced by a 404 message and then a seizure notice: The notice reads: The Site is Now Under Control of Law Enforcement This site is now under the control of The National Crime Agency of the UK, working in close cooperation with the FBI and the international…

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Ukrainian man pleads guilty in cyberattack that temporarily disrupted major Vermont hospital

Posted on February 17, 2024 by Dissent

AP reports: A Ukrainian man has pleaded guilty to involvement in two separate malware schemes including a cyberattack at the University of Vermont Medical Center in 2020 that temporarily shut down some of its vital services and cost it tens of millions of dollars, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, also…

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