Administrator of ransomware operation LockBit named, charged, has assets frozen

The suspected creator and administrator of the notorious LockBit ransomware-as-a-service operation was indicted Tuesday in the United States on more than two dozen criminal charges. In addition, the US, UK, and Australian governments have frozen some of his assets and issued travel bans against him.

According to announcements by the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) and the US Department of Justice, the administrator known as LockBitSupp is alleged to be Dimitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a 31-year-old Russian national from …

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