{"id":81508,"date":"2024-02-27T10:27:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T18:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/russia-linked-lockbit-hackers-re-emerge-pledge-to-vote-for-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T10:27:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T18:27:52","slug":"russia-linked-lockbit-hackers-re-emerge-pledge-to-vote-for-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/russia-linked-lockbit-hackers-re-emerge-pledge-to-vote-for-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia-linked LockBit hackers re-emerge, pledge to vote for Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cybercrime cops still celebrating the takedown of LockBit\u00a0should put the champagne back on ice because the Russia-linked hackers have re-emerged \u2014 and declared support for Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Often described as the \u201cworld\u2019s most active ransomware group,\u201d LockBit was disrupted last Tuesday<\/a> by an international coalition of law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n

According to Europol, the task force infiltrated\u00a0the gang\u2019s \u201cprimary platform and critical infrastructure.\u201d Members of LockBit were also arrested and charged. Britain\u2019s National Crime Agency said the sting had compromised \u201ctheir entire criminal enterprise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But less than a week later, LockBit has reemerged on the Dark Web. On a new site, the gang shared an apparent list of corporate victims, an explanation for the takedown, and that dubious endorsement of Trump.<\/p>\n

In a lengthy message<\/a> posted on Monday, the group\u2019s presumptive leader blamed their \u201cpersonal negligence and irresponsibility\u201d for the takedown.<\/p>\n

They also said the bust was triggered by the recent theft of data<\/a> from government systems in Fulton County, Georgia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stolen documents contain a lot of interesting things and Donald Trump\u2019s court cases that could affect the upcoming US election,\u201d the message claimed.<\/p>\n

Then came the suspicious political declaration.<\/p>\n

\u201cPersonally I will vote for Trump,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

Cybersecurity<\/a> experts, however, doubt that LockBit\u2019s leader is a US citizen. Nonetheless, they\u2019re extremely concerned about the group\u2019s return.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next for LockBit?<\/h2>\n
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The takedown of LockBit doesn\u2019t spell doom for the gang. Credit: NCA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Analysts have spotted clear signs of LockBit resuming operations.<\/p>\n

Tim Geschwindt<\/a>, a senior associate on the cyber incident response team at security consultancy S-RM<\/a>, said the hackers<\/a>\u00a0recovered their infrastructure over the weekend. To this, they used backup servers that weren\u2019t compromised during last week\u2019s takedown.<\/p>\n

With the gang again open for business, LockBit affiliates are now returning to work. Several new incidents have been reported over the last 24-48 hours, Geschwindt said, while fresh victims are appearing on new sites.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect LockBit are likely to return to pre-takedown levels of attack volume; however, it may take several weeks before they iron out issues with the new infrastructure, and ramp up their activity,\u201d Geschwindt told TNW.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, despite several large takedowns in 2023 and early 2024, we have not seen a major dent in the number of global ransomware attacks or ransom payments.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cybercrime cops still celebrating the takedown of LockBit\u00a0should put the champagne back on ice because the Russia-linked hackers have re-emerged \u2014 and declared support for Donald Trump. Often described as the \u201cworld\u2019s most active ransomware group,\u201d LockBit was disrupted last Tuesday by an international coalition of law enforcement agencies. According […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":81509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2672,2670,2644,410],"tags":[2671,2669,2643,409],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}