An international coalition of law enforcement agencies has reinstated the dark website of the notorious ransomware group LockBit, which it seized earlier this year, hinting at new revelations about the group.
On Sunday, what was once LockBit's official darknet site resurfaced online, with new posts suggesting that, at the time of writing, authorities plan to release new information about the hackers in the next 24 hours. It was done.
Posts include “Who is LockBitSupp?”, “What did we learn?”, “More LB hackers exposed”, and “What have we done?” It has a title.
In February, a law enforcement coalition including Britain's National Crime Agency, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, and forces from Germany, Finland, France, Japan, and other countries announced that they had breached Rockbit's official website. The coalition is clearly trying to seize the site and replace the information there with its own press releases and other information to troll and warn hackers that authorities are monitoring them.
The February operation included the arrest of two alleged Rockbit members in Ukraine and Poland, the suspension of 34 servers in Europe, the UK and the US, and the seizure of more than 200 crypto wallets belonging to the hackers. was also included.
The NCA and FBI did not respond to requests for comment.
LockBit first emerged in 2019 and has since become one of the world's most prolific ransomware gangs, racking up millions of dollars in ransom money. This group has proven to be very resilient. Even after being removed in February, the group has resurfaced with new dark web leak sites and is being actively updated. The new alleged victim.
All new posts on the seized websites, except for one, have a countdown scheduled to end at 9 a.m. ET on Tuesday, May 7th, at which point law enforcement will have to file an action against LockBit. It has been suggested that new measures be announced. Another post says the site will be shut down within four days.
Since authorities announced what they called “Operation Kronos” against Rockbit in February, the leader of the group known as RockbitSap has said in interviews that law enforcement has been trying to gain access to criminal organizations and the effectiveness of their destruction. He claimed that he was exaggerating.
Sunday, hacking group vx-underground I wrote to X They said they spoke to Rockvit's administrative staff who told them the police were lying.
“I don't understand why they would put on such a small show. They're clearly upset that we keep doing our jobs,” a staffer was quoted as saying, according to vx-underground.
The identity of LockBitSupp is still unknown, but that could change soon. One of the new posts on the seized LockBit site promises to reveal the identity of the hacker on Tuesday. However, it should be noted that an earlier version of the seized site appeared to promise to reveal the identity of the gang leader, but ultimately did not.