The operations of “the world’s most harmful cybercrime group” have been infiltrated by law enforcement, leading to arrests and the seizure of stolen cyrptocurrency.
One of the biggest players in the shadowy world of ransomware, LockBit, supplied the tools used by malicious hackers in numerous high-profile extortion attacks worldwide. An international clampdown was in 2022 launched to dismantle its sprawling operation. This was the same year its eponymous tool became the most used ransomware in the world.
