'World's most harmful': What is the LockBit cybercrime gang?
Seoul (AFP) - An international law enforcement operation has taken down dozens of servers and disrupted LockBit, "the world's most harmful cyber crime group" according to British authorities. LockBit and its affiliates caused billions of dollars in damage and extracted tens of millions in ransom from their victims. Their targets have included banks, mail services and even a children's hospital. How does LockBit operate? Rather than conduct an entire criminal operation itself, LockBit developed the malicious software -- "ransomware" -- that enables attackers to lock victims out of their compute...