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‘FBI pwned me’: Lockbit cybercrime gang faces global takedown with indictments and arrests — 200 crypto wallets frozen, 11000 domains seized, 14000 rouge accounts closed (www.reuters.com)

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‘FBI pwned me’: Lockbit cybercrime gang faces global takedown with indictments and arrests — 200 crypto wallets frozen, 11000 domains seized, 14000 rouge accounts closed::An international law enforcement operation led by Britain's National Crime Agency and the FBI has arrested and indicted members of the Lockbit ransomware gang, in an unprecedented police operation that has struck one of the world's most notorious cybercrime gangs.

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[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 76 points 9 months ago

14,000 rouge accounts closed? That's a lot of blush.

[-] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 42 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Sounds like the foundation of the kind of thrilling story you can't just makeup.

[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 9 months ago

It's a coverup...

[-] AmidFuror@kbin.chat 1 points 9 months ago

I bet the crooks are red-faced about this one.

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