Russian national Dimitry Khoroshev unmasked by Australia, US and UK as mastermind of world’s most notorious cyber crime gang.
Russian national Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, 31, was named as the mastermind behind the notorious LockBit ransomware operation, which has been on a hacking rampage for years, digitally extorting an estimated $1 billion from its victims. LockBit provided ransomware-as-a-service to a global network of hackers or “affiliates”, supplying them with the tools and infrastructure to carry out attacks and negotiated ransom payments. The hackers were then asked to provide LockBit with around 20 per cent of their profits.
Attacks targeted over 100 hospitals and healthcare companies worldwide and at least 2110 victims were forced into in some degree of negotiation by cyber criminals.Authorities said the group, many of whose members are based in Russia, was responsible for a quarter of all ransomware attacks globally last year. They targeted individuals, small businesses, critical infrastructure, hospitals, schools, corporations, non-profit organisations, and government and law enforcement agencies.
“He thought he could do so hidden by his notorious moniker ‘LockBitSupp,’ anonymous and free of any consequence, while he personally pocketed $100 million extorted from LockBit’s victims,” Sellinger said. “Through relentless investigation and coordination with our partners... abroad, we have proven him and his co-conspirators wrong.”, faces 26 criminal charges in New Jersey federal court, including fraud, extortion, and damaging protected computers.
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