from Gold Seek:
BREAKING NEWS – A Russian hacking organization appears to be in the process of blackmailing the Federal Reserve.
On June 23, 2024, the criminal organization LockBit 3.0, a Russian ransomware cybercriminal group, publicly stated that it hacked the Federal Reserve and implied it would release over “33 terabytes of juicy banking information containing details of Americans’ banking secrets” unless a large ransom is paid.
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More specifically, the cyber-terrorist organization says the Federal Reserve and the U.S. government have until June 24, at 4:27 p.m. EDT to comply with its undisclosed monetary demands. A LockBit Tweet last night alludes to the hacking group’s displeasure about the Federal Reserve’s response to their demands:
“You better hire another negotiator within 48 hours, and fire this clinical idiot who values Americans’ bank secrecy at $50,000.”
New LockBit leak site URL.
Please stay tuned there are more.
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Only a flurry of cyber security news websites have reported on this situation so far.
Meanwhile, the Fed itself has not yet confirmed publicly that indeed this serious hack has actually occurred, as LockBit claims.
U.S. and Russian LockBit Hackers Are Locked in Battle
It’s possible LockBit cyber terrorists are simply playing a prank… and that they have not actually accessed and downloaded 33 terabytes of sensitive data from Federal Reserve servers. They have played such pranks in the past.
Brett Callow, a threat analyst at the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft, told the Daily Dot that he believed LockBit was merely attempting to garner attention.
“LockBit’s claim is likely complete and utter bollo… erm, nonsense, and a tactic designed to get its ailing RaaS [Ransomware-as-a-Service) back into the limelight.”
Given the Tuesday deadline, though, it may not be long until we find out.
To be sure, there certainly has been an ongoing battle between LockBit and the United States government.
According to Simon Sharwood of The Register, on February 19, 2024, the National Crime Agency, in collaboration with Europol and other international law enforcement agencies, seized control of darknet websites belonging to the LockBit ransomware gang as part of Operation Cronos.
