Deadline looms for alleged LockBit extortion of Feds over 33TB of data (www.scmagazine.com)

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tl;dr The LockBit ransomware group claims to have stolen 33TB of data from the Federal Reserve Board and is threatening to release it unless a ransomeware is paid and time is running out.

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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Putting those LockBit people assigned - what has happened to those who caused the data breach? Microsofts buggy software, incompetent admins, stupid users, TLAs who store away known vulnerabilities instead of getting them fixed, etc.?

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