dmitry khoroshev (1)

12491131662?profile=RESIZE_400xLockbitSupp, the pseudonymous leader of the LockBit ransomware group, was identified as a Russian national called Dmitry Khoroshev on 7 May as the United States, United Kingdom and Australia imposed financial sanctions against him.

A 26-count indictment has been unsealed in the US charging Khoroshev, with developing and operating the LockBit ransomware service.  He is accused of growing LockBit “into a massive criminal organization that has, at times, ranked as the most prolific and destructive