LockBit takedown: Police shut more than 14,000 accounts on Mega, Tutanota and Protonmail

The law enforcement operation to dismantle the LockBit ransomware service has announced shutting more than 14,000 accounts on third-party services used by affiliated criminals. Accounts on file-hosting service Mega and encrypted email providers Tutanota and Protonmail were used “for exfiltration or infrastructure,” according to a post on LockBit’s seized darkweb domain. Analysis of these accounts

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