The Week in Ransomware - May 10th 2024 - Chipping away at LockBit

This weekly intelligence roundup reports on active ransomware activity and law enforcement actions: the LockBit admin was identified following international takedown efforts, LockBit is retaliating with victim data leaks, and major disruptive incidents were reported (Ascension healthcare outage, City of Wichita, Brandywine Realty, Ohio Lottery). The briefing also notes new ransomware variants and ongoing impacts from the Clop MOVEit breaches, indicating broad, high-impact ransomware campaigns and associated data exfiltration.