And international law enforcement agencies including here in this country have cracked a case involving one of the world’s most prolific digital gangs lock bid has crippled targets globally and according to the US Department of Justice collected more than $120 million in Ransom payments from 2,000 victims ctv’s Montreal bureau chief gen vif BOS
On the sweep and takedown of dozens of servers international law enforcement mounted a hack back campaign in filtrating the sprawling lock bit ransomware gang investigators seize control of the group’s site on the dark web in addition to disrupting the lock bit ransomware group at every level we are also providing assistance and
Support to victims of the largest and most deployed ransomware variant around the world lock bit’s targets have included hospitals schools global companies operatives snuck the ransomware into thousands of systems snatching data and holding it hostage collecting millions of dollars they could say hold on a second if you
Don’t pay me I’m going to leak this data to the public you’re going get regulatory fines you’re get lawsuits loss of business trust Canada first detected a lock bit infection within its borders in March 2020 by 2022 it was rampant responsible for almost one out of four ransomware attacks in this
Country logit claimed responsibility for the February 2023 attack on the bookstore chain Indigo but also for taking data belonging to Toronto’s sick kids hospital during the 2022 holiday season international law enforcement agencies say they have developed a key that could unlock the data belonging to several of lock bid’s victims they also
Arrested two suspected operatives in Poland and Ukraine and two Russian men have been indicted there is always a digital Trail and we will find it but finding that trail is One Thing ending the attacks is quite another groups like lock bit often rebuild Rebrand and find new ways of holding data for
Ransom Omar all right Jen thank you
Law enforcement have taken down hackers behind ransomware attacks that hit targets around the world. Genevieve Beauchemin explains.
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