It is Sunday. Today is a day for rest.

See ya tomorrow

Today an unknown individual uploaded what appears to be sensitive Chinese government documents... to GitHub. They're labeled "IS00N".

Researchers have already begun digging in and sharing their key findings and opinions.

That's a Monday type of thing though. It is Sunday.

We'll keep you all updated, tomorrow. Have a nice night.:)

tl;dr archived stuff, see link below

Earlier today a GitHub noscriptd "I-S00N" leaked supposedly sensitive Chinese government data - specifically related to offensive cyber security.

The initial discovery, and documentation of the documents, derive from AzakaSekai_. We have archived his research and notes on the material.

It should be noted that they *probably have not covered the material in totality and more information can be expected to be released in the following days from either Azaka, or other Cyber Threat Intelligence experts familiar with Chinese state-sponsored activity.

Furthermore, the materials are written in Mandarin. We have made no attempt to translate the material to English and we do not speak Mandarin, hence we cannot provide any opinion or speculation on the material. We will leave that painstaking task to individuals who speak Mandarin, or people who feel like trying to translate the documents accurately.

What an exciting start to the week:)

You can view the archived materials here: https://vx-underground.org/APTs/2024/2024.02.18%20-%20Summary%20of%20I-S00N%20leaks

Someone in China is having a very bad day

Thank you, IS00N (allegedly APT41, state-sponsored Chinese government contractor) for the constructive feedback left for readers on GitHub.

We don't know what it means, but we're sure it is a comment thanking the leaker for their valiant efforts.

Okay, we'll stop memeing the Chinese APT leaks. We just had a lot to get off our chest, the absurdity of the situation is too great.

Have a nice day.

Lockbit ransomware groups website has been seized by EUROPOL.

"We can confirm that Lockbit's services has been disrupted as a result of International Law Enforcement action - this is an ongoing and developing operation.

Return here for more information at:

11:30 GMT on Tuesday 20th Feb"

Lockbit ransomware group administrative staff has confirmed with us their websites have been seized.

Trying to understand how in 1 single day it is

- I-S00N leaks
- Lockbit ransomware group website seizure
- President's Day in America

Lockbit ransomware group has issued a message to individuals on Tox.

"ФБР уебали сервера через PHP, резервные сервера без PHP не тронуты"

"The FBI fucked up servers using PHP, backup servers without PHP are not touched"

When a Lockbit affiliate tries to log into the Lockbit panel this is what they see

"We may be in touch with you very soon" - National Crime Agency of the UK, the FBI, Europol, Operation Cronos Law Enforcement Task Force

Them getting in touch:

Lockbit ransomware group administration claims that law enforcement agencies compromised them by exploiting CVE-2023-3824

More information: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3824

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.

You nerds are a bunch of degenerates, the memes are already flooding in 😭