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antly defied orders from Department leadership, or who exercised discretion in weaponizing the FBI." Reuters (02/05, Lynch), New York Times (02/05, Thrush, Goldman), Vanity Fair (02/05, Smith), NPR (02/05, Lucas), CNN (02/05, Perez, Rabinowitz), Politico (02/05, Gerstein), Newsnation (02/05, Meyer), De

s decreased year-over-year by approximately 35%, according to the Chainanalysis 202S Crypto Crime Report, which highlighted Russian ransomware group LockBit and Iran-based ransomware strains, Akira/Fog, and INC/Lynx, as bellwethers of the year's trends. The article emphasized that ransomware attackers,

y Wire (02/25, Kruta), Fox News (02/25, Deppisch, Spunt), The Epoch Times (02/25, Burg), The Hill (02/25, Samuels), New York Times (02/25, Barrett, Thrush, et al.), Politico (02/25, Gerstein, Cheney), Washington Examiner (02/2S, O'Keefe), and Washington Post (02/25, Stein, Roebuck). President Trump Ap

Top CYBER DIVISION Lockbit Ransom Gang Claims to Have Stolen Information That Could "Destroy" FBI Cyber News (02/25, Schappert) reported that the LockBit ransomware gang claims to have stolen classified information that could "destroy" the FBI. According to the article, the gang's leader, LockBitSupp,

ing on the story was provided by The National Desk (03/12, Denean), NBC News (03/12, Memoli), The Hill (03/12, Staff Writer), New York Times (03/12, Thrush, Broadwater), two articles from Fox News (03/12, EFTA01655829 Pandolfo, Spunt), two articles from Politico (03/12, Adragna), two articles from Axi

ing to complaint data examined in the FBI's 2023 Internet Crime Report. The article added the top ransomware variants observed in 2023 attacks were LockBit and ALPHV/BlackCat, two groups that are known for targeting healthcare. LockBit accounted for 175 of the critical infrastructure ransomware attacks

" Additional reporting on the story was provided by the Washington Post (08/12, Barrett, Dawsey, et al.), New York Times (08/12, Goldman, Haberman, Thrush), Reuters (08/12, Lynch), Associated Press (08/12, Miller, Balsamo), Politico (08/12, Gerstein, Sakellariadis), Fox News (08/12, Betz), CNN (08/12,

t dozens of servers across the U.S. and Europe were "dismantled." The group — which some researchers believe was started by former affiliates of the LockBit ransomware enterprise — has listed dozens of victims since emerging last year. Last month, members of the group told DataBreaches.net about a purpo

ing on the story was provided by The National Desk (03/12, Denean), NBC News (03/12, Memoli), The Hill (03/12, Staff Writer), New York Times (03/12, Thrush, Broadwater), two articles from Fox News (03/12, Pandolfo, Spunt), two articles from Politico (03/12, Adragna), two articles from Axios (03/12, Dohe

ing to complaint data examined in the FBI's 2023 Internet Crime Report. The article added the top ransomware variants observed in 2023 attacks were LockBit and ALPHV/BlackCat, two groups that are known for targeting healthcare. LockBit accounted for 175 EFTA01655816 of the critical infrastructure rans

Associated Press (02/29, Richer), Axios (02/29, Falconer), the Washington Post (02/29, Harris), CNN (02/29, Rabinowitz), the New York Times (02/29, Thrush, Sullivan), NBC News (02/29, Reilly, Dilanian), The Guardian (02/29, Yang), CBS News (02/29, Legare, Triay), Reuters (02/29, Raymond, Singh), USA T

orted on the story. Notorious Russian Hacking Group Is Threatening to Release Trump Court Documents Business Insider (02/29, Goodwin) reported that LockBit, a Russian-based ransomware group, has threatened to release court documents related to former President Donald Trump's Fulton County, Georgia, elec

mpaign publicly acknowledged the breach. Additional reporting on the story was provided by Reuters (09/18, Pitas, Singh), the New York Times (09/18, Thrush), the Washington Post (09/18, Dawsey), CNN (09/18, Rabinowitz, Perez, Lyngaas), Fox News (09/18, Rumpf-Whitten), ABC News (09/18, Date, Barr, Sarno

outlined the department's actions related to ransomware from April 2021 to September 2023. The report also takes into consideration the takedown of LockBit, which took place in early 2024. The article added that the inquiry found three areas the D0J and FBI need to improve on to more effectively fight