Post-Disruption, LockBit’s Reputational Damage Key

New research from Trend Micro, which looked at the activities following the LockBit disruption announced over a month ago, found that the law enforcement operation has a “significant impact on the group’s activities.”

While the sweeping Operation Cronos disruption targeted LockBit’s technical infrastructure, involved arrests and included the release of a decryption tool for victims to recover encrypted files without paying a ransom, law enforcement efforts to sow distrust and hit LockBit’s brand had arguably the biggest impact on undermining …

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