US EditionUS, UK police identify and charge Russian leader of LockBit ransomware gang
- Russian national Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, 31, revealed as leader of LockBit ransomware as announced by U.K.’s National Crime Agency-led coalition.
- U.S. Department of Justice indicts Khoroshev for computer crimes, fraud, and extortion.
- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland stated Khoroshev developed and administered malicious cyber scheme, targeting over 2,000 victims and stealing $100 million in ransomware payments.
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UK and allies sanction leader of Russian ransomware group
The U.K., U.S., and Australia announced sanctions on the Russian leader of the cyber-crime gang, LockBit, the U.K.'s National Crime Agency (NCA) announced on May 7. Lockbit has become one of the most prolific ransomware groups in recent years, carrying out 3,000 cyberattacks in the U.S. and Europe and resulting in losses of billions of euros. The sanctions will target Dmitry Khoroshev, a Russian national who has been identified as one of the sen…
Australia bans alleged Russian leader of global ransomware group LockBit
Dmitry Khoroshev named as having a ‘senior role’ in the group allegedly behind 18% of reported Australian ransomware attacks in 2022-23An alleged leader of international ransomware group LockBit has been hit with financial sanctions and banned from travelling to Australia.The Australian government named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a Russian citizen, as having a “senior leadership role” in a criminal group that supplied a global network of hacker…
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