The world’s largest and most harmful cybercriminal organization LockBitalso entered the radar of the USA and Europol.
An international police operation was launched against the Russian ransomware group LockBit, which is thought to have collected $120 million from thousands of people around the world. While two people were detained, It was stated that the Lockbit-related cryptocurrency address was included in the sanctions list by the USA and Europol.
At this point, US OFAC also added the cryptocurrency wallet addresses of two Russian citizens linked to LockBit to the sanctions list.
outside OFAC Tether He added that he added LockBit-related addresses to his blacklist today.
The US Treasury Department said in a statement that it claimed that it was used by individuals linked to LockBit. Bitcoin and Ethereum He said his address was added to the global OFAC blacklist.
It was stated that none of these addresses contained any funds.
Europol also stated in its statement after the operation that more than 200 cryptocurrency accounts linked to LockBit were frozen.
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