The Loiret departmental council was the victim of a ransomware cyberattack in early November 2023. Russian-speaking Lockbit hackers claimed responsibility for the attack on the darknet site.
Loiret, new victim of Lockbit. The group of Russian-speaking hackers claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on the Loiret departmental council (Centre Val-de-Loire) on November 11, 2023. Cybercriminals give the local authority 12 days to pay the demanded ransom. The amount was not specified. Generally, if nothing is concluded, hackers end up publishing the stolen data during their attack. Note that the rule for public services is to never pay the ransom.
On November 6, the departmental council found itself paralyzed after a ransomware attack. Many services have become unreachable. The Public Prosecutor of Orléans, Emmanuelle Bochenek-Puren, announces that she has withdrawn the case in favor of “ the cybercrime section of the Paris prosecutor’s office “.
A long list of victims of cyberattacks in France
Lockbit continues cyberattacks against France. This collective of cybercriminals received significant media attention in France, when it paralyzed the Corbeil-Essonnes hospital on August 21, 2022. Town halls, SMEs as well as the Nuxe group were also victims of Lockbit. The Russian-speaking group recently claimed responsibility for its 2,000th cyberattack.
The collective manages malware that it rents to around a hundred “affiliated hackers”. The latter target companies, administrations, hospitals and encrypt the data of their victims. If they manage to obtain a ransom (often astronomical), they pay a commission to Lockbit managers.
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