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FBI recovers 7,000 LockBit keys, urges ransomware victims to reach out (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 5 months ago by _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The FBI urges past victims of LockBit ransomware attacks to come forward after revealing that it has obtained over 7,000 LockBit decryption keys that they can use to recover encrypted data for free.

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[–] eletes@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago

Dunno how many people will still have machines they haven't already reimaged laying around.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

.........feels like a trap.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Only thing I can think of to make this a trap is if some company has a legal requirement to report the digital intrusion and didn't.