Updated police around the world have relaunched LockBit's website after shutting it down in February – and it's now counting down the hours to uncover documents that could expose the ransomware group.
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The resurrection of the site – which was previously the hub of LockBit's extortion operations, where victims were listed and stolen data leaked online – is a follow-up to the first seizure by international law enforcement that took place in February. Dubbed Operation Cronos, agencies such as the FBI, NCA and Europol took control of LockBit's Tor-hidden website, a major disruption for the ransomware gang.
Part of the takeover in February was to repurpose the LockBit site instead of just nuking it. Where ransom threats with timers and leaked information once existed, the Feds replaced them with articles detailing the inner workings of the LockBit team. The police-controlled site eventually went offline, but is now counting down to more revelations.
That all said, the earlier police-written articles became rather anticlimactic. For example, a piece titled "Who is LockbitSupp," which was expected to reveal the person who serves as the face of the cyber cartel, simply told us that LockBitSupp lives in Russia and drives a Mercedes car and may talk to the police.
