LockBit hacker group targeted by international police operation. The sites of the hacker group, at the origin of numerous international cyberattacks, now display a message saying so under the name Operation Cronos.
Since January 2020, LockBit and its affiliates – independent hackers who use its software and pay it a percentage of the ransoms obtained – have attacked organizations in financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, health, industry and transport. Each time, data belonging to the companies was stolen and threatened with being released if a ransom was not paid.