One of the world's "most prolific" cyber criminals whose gang once hacked into Merseyrail has been arrested in Canada.
The 33-year-old Russian national, named as Mikhail Vasiliev, is allegedly top of the notorious 'Lockbit' ransomware gang, which targeted critical infrastructure and large corporations across the world, involving demands for millions of dollars.
According to the American Department of Justice (DoJ), LockBit had been used against more than 1,000 victims who had faced ransom demands amounting to millions. In August this year, a Holiday Inn in Turkey was breached by LockBit, which released data stolen from the company.
