"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 😭

Journalists asking Threat Intel vendors what they're going to monitor now since the Big 3 (Conti, ALPHV, Lockbit) have been taken down

We made a Get Well Soon card for Lockbit and affiliates

Today the Russian government announced the arrest of an individual from SugarLocker ransomware group a/k/a Encoded01

More information: https://www.facct.ru/media-center/press-releases/sugarlocker-ransomware/

What it's like talking to Threat Actor's in Russia:

> Serious conversations
> Straight to the point
> Business only

What it's like talking to Threat Actor's in America, Canada, and Europe:

> Trust established by volume of kitty pictures sent
> Kitty picture spamming

We've updated the vx-underground malware sample collection.

- File name corrections to Bazaar collection
- More samples added to VirusSign collection
- 18,000+ new samples syncing with VXDB

Check it out here: https://vx-underground.org/Samples/VirusSign%20Collection/2024.02

Just now the US government, in conjunction with the UK and EUROPOL, released more information on Lockbit ransomware group.

The information released is minor, and some information is already available publicly. However, they did unveil Lockbit employs 193 affiliates.

Today the Ukraine police announced they have arrested a Father-and-Son duo who were Lockbit affiliates.

More information: https://www.npu.gov.ua/news/slidchi-natspolitsii-prypynyly-diialnist-transnatsionalnoho-khakerskoho-uhrupovannia-lockbit-v-ukraini

Today Poland's CBZC (Centralne Biuro Zwalczania Cyberprzestępczości, Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime) released footage of a Lockbit affiliate arrest.