Lockbit hackers extorted multimillion payments from scores of corporations before Russian-Canadian was arrested this fall
A dual citizen of Canada and Russia accused of being part of the “world’s most prolific ransomware operators” has been arrested north of Toronto.
“LockBit ransomware has been implicated in more cyberattacks this year than any other ransomware,” the Canadian technology company BlackBerry said on its security blog a few months ago. Ontario Provincial Police said its detectives took him into custody on Oct. 26 and charged him with weapons offences. “Investigators seized evidence related to a cross-border ransomware investigation, as well as two prohibited firearms,” the OPP statement said.He was then re-arrested Wednesday on a U.S. extradition warrant. The American allegations are that he conspired with others to intentionally damage protected computers and also transmitted ransom demands.
U.S. authorities say they recovered computer files including “a list of what appears to be either prospective or historical cybercrime victims” and electronic communications with a LockBit victim located in Malaysia. They also say they uncovered a trail of bitcoin payments from ransomware victims to accounts controlled by the suspect.
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