A cyber group which has been responsible for attacks in Jersey has been disrupted by the UK’s National Crime Agency
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) announced that it had disrupted the ransomware group LockBit as part of ‘Operation Cronos.’
They did this by taking over LockBit’s website to announce the action:
The operation also involved the FBI, Europol and other international police organisations from France, Japan, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland and Germany.
LockBit specialise in ransomware attacks: this involves stealing sensitive information from an organisation, then threatening to release the data unless the organisation pays a significant sum of money.
The group is known to be one of the most prolific ransomware groups in the world, and has targeted organisations around the world, including in the UK and in Jersey.
Following the NCA announcement, a LockBit representative has claimed that the group has backup servers that are not affected by this action.
