Feb. 20, 2024, 1:16 p.m. | Alex Hern

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UK agency says they have ‘hacked the hackers’ and will help LockBit victims decrypt their systems

A massive law enforcement operation has seized the “command and control” infrastructure for international ransomware group LockBit, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed on Tuesday, and will repurpose the technology to expose the group’s operations to the world.

The joint operation, between the NCA, the FBI, Europol and a coalition of international police agencies, was first revealed with a post on LockBit’s own …

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