A “Russian” cyber group called LockBit claims it hacked into the Federal Reserve and stole 33 terabytes of sensitive banking data.
LockBit boasted about the leak on the dark web this week.
“33 terabytes of interesting banking information contains Americans’ banking secrets,” LockBit wrote. “You better hire another negotiator within 48 hours and fire this clinical idiot who treats Americans’ bank secrecy like $50,000.”
#USA: The Federal Reserve has been listed as a victim of the LockBit 3.0 ransomware group.
Hackers allegedly stole 33 terabytes of banking information.
Ransom deadline: June 25, 2024.#ransomware pic.twitter.com/JGC1YG7y4A
— HackManac (@H4ckManac) June 24, 2024
Cybersecurity experts are skeptical of LockBit’s claims.
“If the Lockbit ransomware group does extort the Fed, it will be DEFCON 2 and administrators will need to worry about drone attacks,” the group jokingly wrote. “Unless the Lockbit ransomware group extorts the Fed for something small, Like Lockbit took down their coffee machine so they couldn’t watch anime or something (we don’t know what the Fed staff were actually doing).”
Yesterday, the Lockbit ransomware group claimed to have blackmailed the Federal Reserve.
1. Doubt
2. If the Lockbit ransomware group does hold the Fed to ransom, it will be DEFCON 2 and administrators will need to worry about drone attacks pic.twitter.com/CVwj0aHs5h
— vx-underground (@vxunderground) June 24, 2024
No proof, so most likely just venting.
— Dominic Alvieri (@AlvieriD) June 23, 2024
According to the Daily Dot:
A ransomware group called LockBit claims to have breached the Federal Reserve Bank and said it would release 33 terabytes of sensitive data on Tuesday.
The criminal group claimed in a post posted on the dark web this week that it had been negotiating with the bank to obtain a ransom in exchange for keeping the data secret.
“33 terabytes of interesting banking information contains Americans’ banking secrets,” the group wrote. “You better hire another negotiator within 48 hours and fire this clinical idiot who treats Americans’ bank secrecy like $50,000.”
LockBit rose to fame in 2019 for paying out millions of dollars in ransoms. Although the group’s online infrastructure was shut down by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in February, LockBit managed to resurface and continue its operations.
However, cybersecurity experts are skeptical of the SEC’s claims and point out that LockBit has not released any sample data.
