The group is one of the most prolific and dominant ransomware operators and has hacked some of the world’s largest organisations in recent months.
An infamous cybercrime gang that holds victims’ data to ransom has been disrupted by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and a coalition of international police agencies.
A post on Lockbit’s extortion website on Monday said: “This site is now under the control of the National Crime Agency of the UK, working in close cooperation with the FBI and the international law enforcement task force, ‘Operation Cronos’.”
Europol and other international police organisations from France, Japan, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland and Germany all aided in the rare law enforcement operation.
An NCA spokesperson confirmed that the agency had disrupted the gang and said the operation was “ongoing and developing”.
