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A Russian-linked cyber gang behind major attacks on Royal Mail and Porton Down claims to be operating again just a week after Britain's FBI celebrated taking the hackers down. Lockbit, the world's most dangerous ransomware gang, was the target of an unprecedented international law enforcement operation last week which saw some of its members arrested and charged.

Russian-linked cyber gang behind attacks on Royal Mail 'back online'

By Arthur Parashar Published: 02:46 EST, 27 February 2024 | Updated: 02:56…
Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev is one of five Russians charged over Lockbit, which has been described as the world's most dangerous ransomware gang

Lockbit hacker boasts reason why gang's site was shutdown is because he got 'very lazy after five years of swimming in money' – before new operation pops back up on the dark web

A hacker behind the LockBit ransomware site has boasted that its shutdown…
On X, screenshots showed a control panel used by Lockbit's affiliates to launch attacks had been replaced with a message from law enforcement. 'We may be in touch with you very soon. Have a nice day,' it said

Law enforcement leaves taunting post for cyber criminals after locking notorious ransomware gang out of their own website

Police hackers left a taunting message telling criminals ‘we may be in…
Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev is one of five Russians charged over Lockbit, which has been described as the world's most dangerous ransomware gang

Russian-linked cyber criminals behind major attacks on Royal Mail and Porton Down are shut down in global sting: Seven are arrested and three more on the run after British-led clampdown on gang 'hiding in the shadows' in Putin's pariah state

The world’s most dangerous ransomware gang has been shut down in an…
Visitors to the Lockbit website now see a message saying it is 'under the control of law enforcement'

Dark web site run by ransomware cybergang Lockbit that was behind high-profile hacking of Royal Mail is seized in joint sting by the National Crime Agency and FBI

The world’s most dangerous ransomware gang behind damaging cyber attacks on countless…
Joshua Bowles, 29, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey after stabbing a woman outside a leisure centre in Cheltenham

Knifeman Joshua Bowles, 29, who used two knives to stab female US NSA spy outside leisure centre near GCHQ pleads guilty to attempted murder

A man who launched a knife attack on a woman who worked…
Rishi Sunak drafts in MI6 and GCHQ for scams crackdown

Rishi Sunak drafts in MI6 and GCHQ for scams crackdown

Spies to help beat text scammers: Rishi Sunak drafts in MI6 and…
Ms Keast-Butler is currently Deputy Director General of MI5 and was responsible for

MI5 spook becomes the first female head of GCHQ intelligence agency

A top MI5 agent who led the security service’s response to the…
In a mysterious attack, the knifeman is said to have lashed out in the car park of a leisure centre. Pictured: Police at the scene on Friday morning

'Terror' knifeman's attack on US spy working at GCHQ was not directed by a hostile state, police say

The ‘terror’ attack on an American spy on secondment to GCHQ stabbed…
Who Was Mike Grindley GCHQ Union Campaigner Dies

Who Was Mike Grindley? GCHQ Union Campaigner Dies Aged 85

A saddening piece of news is coming to the front. It is…