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tl;dr The LockBit ransomware group claims to have stolen 33TB of data from the Federal Reserve Board and is threatening to release it unless a ransomeware is paid and time is running out.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wasnt some major face of lockbit arrested?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

As long as one of them has a copy of that data, threats to publish them actually pose a threat.