Today was a big day for the United States government and United Kingdom government. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.K. National Crime Agency’s (NCA) Cyber Division unveiled a massive, multi-year long investigation which has led to a catastrophic blow to Lockbit ransomware group and affiliates.
The Lockbit ransomware group Tor domain name displays a list of posts announcing activity performed by law enforcement agencies. It is written in Lockbit format, illustrating they have full control over Lockbit ransomware groups infrastructure.
Law enforcement has done the following
1. Law enforcement agencies will be unveiling sensitive information on Lockbit cryptocurrency and money operations February 23th, 2024
2. Law enforcement, with SecureWorks, will be revealing information on Lockbit tradecraft February 22nd, 2024
3. Law enforcement will be unveiling Lockbit affiliate infrastructure February 21st, 2024
4. Law enforcement, with TrendMicro, will be releasing a detailed analysis on Lockbit future-iterations February 22nd, 2024
5. Law enforcement will be unveiling information on Lockbit's StealBit data exfiltration tool February 21st, 2024
6. Law enforcement will be unveiling sanctions on Lockbit ransomware group at 15:30UTC today
7. Law enforcement, in conjunction with Japanese partners, has released a Lockbit decryptor tool
8. An individual in Poland has been arrested
9. An individual in Ukraine has been arrested
10. Law enforcement plans on unveiling the identity of the Lockbit ransomware group administration February 23rd, 2024
11. The United States government unveiled the indictement of two individuals associated with Lockbit ransomware group: Artur Sungatov and Ivan Kondratyev
12. The United Kingdom NCA has unveiled sensitive information on the Lockbit backend: the administration panel, the blog backend, and the blog source functionality. This includes the images of the source code.