Cyber Showdown: Sanctions Slam Zservers, Ransomware’s Favorite Host!
The United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom have sanctioned Zservers for aiding the LockBit ransomware gang. The bulletproof hosting services provider supplied attack infrastructure, prompting sanctions that freeze assets and ban transactions with involved parties. Authorities hope targeting Zservers will disrupt cybercriminal networks.
Hot Take:
Looks like LockBit’s days of playing hide and seek with the law are getting harder! The U.S., UK, and Australia have thrown down the gauntlet against Zservers, the cyber equivalent of a safe house for digital mischief-makers. If ransomware gangs had a Yelp page, Zservers might be the place they’d rave about. But now it’s under new management, and the welcome mat has been conspicuously rolled up!
Key Points:
- The U.S., UK, and Australia have sanctioned Zservers, a Russian bulletproof hosting provider, linked to the LockBit ransomware group.
- Key figures Alexander Igorevich Mishin and Aleksandr Sergeyevich Bolshakov were also sanctioned for facilitating LockBit operations.
- Sanctions prevent transactions with the designated individuals and companies and freeze their assets.
- LockBit ransomware has been linked to over 7,000 attacks and extorted up to $1 billion.
- Operation Cronos shut down LockBit’s infrastructure, seizing servers and releasing decryption keys.
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