FBI: Breaking Affiliate Trust Sped Along LockBit's Takedown
ID: 27af0d2f-12fd-558e-8f49-6a9e1a6de2bf
STIX ID: report--27af0d2f-12fd-558e-8f49-6a9e1a6de2bf
Feed Name: Dark Reading
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**Executive summary:** The article details Operation Cronos, a multinational law-enforcement takedown that seized LockBit's infrastructure, exposed affiliates, distributed decryption keys, and significantly degraded a prolific ransomware-as-a-service operation responsible for thousands of attacks and over $500M in ransom; it also highlights investigative lessons about targeting reputation, centralised infrastructure, and the wider affiliate economy.
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