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US GOV OFFERS A REWARD OF UP TO $15M FOR INFO ON LOCKBIT GANG MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES

Security Affairs

According to the press release published by the Department of State , the Lockbit ransomware operators carried out over 2,000 attacks against victims worldwide since January 2020. The NCA and its global partners have secured over 1,000 decryption keys that will allow victims of the gang to recover their files for free.

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More details about Operation Cronos that disrupted Lockbit operation

Security Affairs

Over the last 12 hours this infrastructure, based in three countries, has been seized by members of the Op Cronos taskforce, and 28 servers belonging to LockBit affiliates have also been taken down.” The NCA will reach out to victims based in the UK in the coming days and weeks, providing support to help them recover encrypted data.

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Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks

Data Matters

For example: On May 12, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. 26,633 (May 12, 2021). Memorandum on Improving the Cybersecurity of National Security, Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community Systems (Jan. 14,028, 86 Fed. and Allied cyberspace assets. 19, 2022).