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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Hern

Seized ransomware network LockBit rewired to expose hackers to world

screenshot saying 'the site is now under control of law enforcement'
The joint operation was revealed in a post on LockBit’s own website. Photograph: Hollandse Hoogte/Rex

The entire “command and control” apparatus for the ransomware group LockBit is now in possession of law enforcement, the UK’s National Crime Agency has revealed, after it emerged that it had seized the criminal gang’s website in a coordinated international operation.

The flood of data hacked back from the hackers has already led to four arrests, and the authorities promised on Tuesday to repurpose the technology to expose the group’s operations to the world.

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