The bad news? Gang wasn't deleting victim data after payments
LockBit victims who are still trying to clean up their encrypted files are in luck: the FBI has a big set of decryption keys it would love to let you try.the operations of notorious ransomware gang LockBit this past February. The prolific gang has been responsible for thousands of ransomware infections in the past few years.
So while it's great the FBI is handing out decryption keys, LockBit victims shouldn't assume the worst has come to pass, even with the gang disrupted. LockBit has been claiming responsibility for attacks as recently as late last month when it"When companies are extorted and choose to pay to prevent the leak of data, you are paying to prevent the release of data right now — not in the future," Vorndran noted.
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