A member of the “Lockbit” hackers group, specializing in ransoms, was arrested in July

This Ukrainian is in his thirties, according to information from Franceinfo. In addition, Investigators believe that he has several dozen cyber attacks to his credit, some of them in France. Therefore,

member “lockbit” hackers group, specializing

A member of the group of cybercriminals lockbit was arrested in Ukraine in July by the gendarmes of the Cyber national unit (UNC). reveals member “lockbit” hackers group, specializing Tuesday, August 5, Franceinfo. This nebula specializing in ransomics is notably responsible for the cyber attack at the Corbeil-Essonnes hospital (Essonne) in August 2022.

This Ukrainian is in his thirties, according to information from Franceinfo. Investigators believe that he has several dozen cyber attacks to his credit, some of them in France. In mid-July. the gendarmes of the Cyber national unit of General Hervé Pétry, who identified it, therefore went to Ukraine, where the hacker was arrested. “We know precisely what he did, what was his role in the system, he was more an affiliatedescribes the general. This assured him a comfortable income. but it will be necessary to assess precisely how much he managed to win with this type of activity. ” Investigators also operate the computer equipment of this Ukrainian.

Lockbit is a kind of franchise that starts from a virus. a ransomiciel that its designers have member “lockbit” hackers group, specializing made available to hackers in exchange for a percentage on the ransoms that hackers receive from their victims. The sums can sometimes reach several million euros. for companies ready to do anything to regain the use of their computer system. When we talk about lockbit, it designates both the virus, its designers and the affiliates. The organization made more than 2,500 victims in 2024, including more than 200 in France.

The criminal group has nevertheless been weakened since 2024. a large draft called “Operation Cronos”: eleven countries were maneuvering, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France. 34 computer servers had then been seized, 200 accounts in frozen cryptocurrencies and several people arrested. Since then. the number of attacks charged to the Lockbit group has decreased drastically according to General Hervé Pény, in charge of the UNC: the system A “Lost in credibility”according to him. “Lockbit is weakened, member “lockbit” hackers group, specializing affiliates see that it is not as reliable as before and therefore turn away from lockbit. Its system is no longer as attractive”he continues.

But the investigators are careful not to boast. “This is a group losing speedanalysis Aurélien Brouillet. substitute of the prosecutor for the cybercrime section of the Paris prosecutor’s office. But the middle of cybercrime is a very fluid environment. with many recompositions, with ends of codes which can be reused later to build new ransomics. “

“Lockbit. the criminal group, undeniably there has been a blow that stopped a certain number of attacks with this software, but the way is still long and the work is not finished when you see all the software and ransomics still available.”

Aurélien Brouillet. deputy prosecutor for the cybercrime section of the Paris prosecutor’s office

in franceinfo

Caution to be careful, especially since member “lockbit” hackers group, specializing Lockbit’s brain is still free, Dmitry Khoroshev seems quiet in Russia. “There are obviously difficulties on the capacities that can be faced with individuals confined to a geographic area. Aurélien Brouilletbut we are able to act on the phenomenon, whether on technical investigations, but also on the income they generate, entering money, freezing it, preventing it from being too easy to whiten. “

Dmitry Khoroshev is one of the most wanted cybercriminals in the world: the FBI has promised ten million. dollars to which will allow it to be stopped.