Rob T. Lee - Could LockBit, ransomware provider have been behind Lurie hack?

In what could be a major development in the cyberattack against Lurie Children's Hospital, the FBI and British authorities have taken down what they call the world's most prolific ransomware group.

There is speculation that the group, LockBit, could also be behind the attack and serious outage at the hospital that began back on Jan. 31.

The group's involvement has not been confirmed, but LockBit took credit for a very similar outage at a hospital on the city's West Side. …

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