hackers<\/a>\u00a0recovered their infrastructure over the weekend. To this, they used backup servers that weren\u2019t compromised during last week\u2019s takedown.<\/p>\nWith 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":"
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