It appears that the Lockbit ransomware criminal gang is back in action. A week ago, international security services seized the Lockbit website, but now a new website for the gang is active on the dark web.
“The FBI does not intimidate or stop me,” the anonymous leader of Lockbit wrote.
With Lockbit disabled last week, it looked like the gang had been caught. Apparently this is not the case. The criminals wrote on the new website that they had introduced new victims Sleeping computer.
Lockbit wrote that the FBI was able to hack the website because the server was not updated in a timely manner. “Because I've been swimming in money for five years, I've become lazy,” the gang leader wrote in a long message on the dark web. Because of this lax attitude, he would not have paid much attention to the error message appearing on Lockbit's servers. But the new server was fully updated again, he said.
$10 million for a golden tip for the Lockbit leader
It is still unknown who the leader of Lockbit is. The FBI has $10 million available for a golden tip that leads to the identity of the criminal hacker.
The FBI has much less information than they claim, Lockbit reports. The service is also said to contain a few so-called decryption software, which can be used to open encrypted files. It is not known to what extent the group is telling the truth. according to Sleeping computer Lockbit hopes to restore its damaged reputation through the script.
Meanwhile, Lockbit continues to challenge. The gang threatens to attack government agencies often, because they want to know if the police are able to strike the criminal gang again.
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