Russian-speaking cyber gang LockBit ransomware has breached Taiwanese Foxconn subsidiary Foxsemicon, defaced its website, and allegedly stole five terabytes of data.
Europol arrested a "high value" Russian-Canadian LockBit ransomware operator wanted in connection to high-profile cyber attacks on critical infrastructure and large industrial groups.
Accenture said the LockBit ransomware attack that reportedly encrypted at least 2,500 computers and leaked 6 terabytes of data had no impact on its operations.
A joint advisory detailing LockBit ransomware’s tactics and mitigations disclosed that the cybercrime gang extorted $91 million from US companies since 2020 after 1,700 attacks.
The ransomware group LockBit put itself in the international headlines once again last week when it boldly claimed to have stolen 33 TB of data from the US Federal Reserve. But the sample of stolen data turns out to have come from just one US bank.
The LockBit gang is the latest ransomware-as-a-service outfit to push the envelope, this time by offering the criminal underworld's first known bug bounty program.
LockBit ransomware attack that severely hampered Royal Mail's international delivery system would have cost no less than $70 million, according to chats leaked by the attackers. The original ransom demand was $80 million.
Infosys McCamish Systems has disclosed that the LockBit ransomware gang stole the personal information of 6 million people during the November 2023 data breach which affected companies including Bank of America and Fidelity Investments Life Insurance.
The LockBit ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the Boeing cyber attack that allegedly exploited a zero-day vulnerability and leaked substantial data.
Threat Actors Lurked on a Government Agency Network for 6 Months Before Deploying LockBit Ransomware
A novice hacker lingered on a government agency network for five months before transferring control to an experienced threat actor who deployed LockBit ransomware.