Ku Canada, bambo wazaka 34 yemwe ali ndi nzika ziwiri zaku Russia ndi Canada wapatsidwa chigamulo cha zaka zinayi ndikulipiritsa ndalama zokwana madola 860,000 aku Canada chifukwa cha zomwe adachita poyambitsa zigawenga zapaintaneti pogwiritsa ntchito LockBit ransomware. Kumangidwa kwake kudachitika chakumapeto kwa 2022, mphindi zochepa asanathe kupeza laputopu yake.
Umboni womwe umapezeka pa laputopu yake unkaphatikizanso mndandanda wa mabungwe omwe adawukiridwa kapena kuzindikiridwa kuti adzaukitsidwe m'tsogolo, zithunzi zosonyeza zokambirana pakati pa ogwiritsa ntchito LockBit, buku lotumizira ma ransomware, kusungitsa deta pamapulatifomu a Linux, ndi zithunzi zokhala ndi zambiri za omwe adazunzidwa ndi LockBit.
LockBit imagwira ntchito pa Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), kulola zigawenga kuti zizitha kupeza zida za ransomware, ndi gawo la phindu lawo lomwe amalipira kwa omwe amapanga pulogalamu yaumbanda. Komabe, zigawengazo zili ndi ntchito yofalitsa chiwombolo. Munthu amene akufunsidwayo adakhala ngati 'wothandizira' mu dongosololi.
Boma la US lapempha kuti amubweze, pempho lomwe adachita. Akafika ku US, akuyembekezeka kukumana ndi a mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya milandu, malinga ndi chidziwitso cha CTV News.