Euro cops arrest 4 including suspected LockBit dev chilling on holiday

Building on the success of what's known around here as LockBit Leak Week in February, the authorities say they've arrested a further four individuals with ties to the now-scuppered LockBit ransomware empire. The first arrest was ordered by the French Gendarmerie after they were alerted to the fact a suspected LockBit developer …

[heyrick]

And what looks like proof stolen data was never deleted even after ransom paid

Okay, who here finds this even remotely surprising?

[IGotOut]

Re: And what looks like proof stolen data was never deleted even after ransom paid

The FBI? The seem to be OK with helping healthcare businesses pay ransoms to "delete" data.

[Cav]

Re: And what looks like proof stolen data was never deleted even after ransom paid

No, they don't. They facilitate payment in order to get back access to the data that has been encrypted.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: And what looks like proof stolen data was never deleted even after ransom paid

Exactly. No one pays someone to delete data. That's just dumb.

"Send me the 20 billioning dollars, I promise to delete your datas, pinky swear, you can trust me ya"

[David Hicklin]

Re: And what looks like proof stolen data was never deleted even after ransom paid

>> "Send me the 20 billioning dollars, I promise to delete your datas, pinky swear, you can trust me ya"

Does that include all those embarrassing pictures they took whilst I was browsing porn sites....even though my laptop does not have a camera !!

[Neil Barnes]

Re: And what looks like proof stolen data was never deleted even after ransom paid

But surely these people are fine upstanding, er, oh yeah, criminals. Right...

Always struck me as odd that anyone would trust any party who have already demonstrated their willingness to completely ignore civilised rules of behaviour to do _anything_ they say they might.

[Yorick Hunt]

Re: And what looks like proof stolen data was never deleted even after ransom paid

"Always struck me as odd that anyone would trust any party who have already demonstrated their willingness to completely ignore civilised rules of behaviour to do _anything_ they say they might."

And yet the masses continue to believe their promises at every election, entirely forgetting how screwed-over they got when they voted for them last time.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: And what looks like proof stolen data was never deleted even after ransom paid

Like the courts who ban 14 year old car thieves from driving, it's almost as if they have no idea of how thieves and criminals in general think.

[Winkypop]

Find all the law books

And throw them at the accused perps!

[David Hicklin]

Re: Find all the law books

>. And throw them at the accused perps!

Its all online on PDF's now.....no wonder law enforcement has gone down the dogs!

[Bitbeisser]

Re: Find all the law books

>Find all the law books

>And throw them at the accused perps!

I think sledgehammers would be more appropriate. Or the good old electric drill with a 15mm drill bit applied to both hands....

[Anonymous Coward]

Idiots

The Western world is off limits to you, permanently.

[Clarecats]

Spot the typo

"getting those extorionists in handcuffs"

Good news to get one in handcuffs, though.

[Clarecats]

Spot the next typo

"the data oilfered during the attack"

Glad it wasn't pwned.

[Anonymous Coward]

Protection racket

"their identities have not been revealed"

Cops shouldn't be protecting these scum. Publish their names, their immediate family, all their friends.

So victims can get revenge.