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Operation Cronos: law enforcement disrupted the LockBit operation

Security Affairs

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. on January 5, 2020.

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US GOV OFFERS A REWARD OF UP TO $15M FOR INFO ON LOCKBIT GANG MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES

Security Affairs

According to the press release published by the Department of State , the Lockbit ransomware operators carried out over 2,000 attacks against victims worldwide since January 2020. LockBit ransomware attacks have resulted in ransom payments exceeding $144 million for recovery. reads the press release published by DoJ.

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FBI obtained 7,000 LockBit decryption keys, victims should contact the feds to get support

Security Affairs

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. on January 5, 2020.

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More details about Operation Cronos that disrupted Lockbit operation

Security Affairs

Today, additional criminal charges against Kondratyev were unsealed in the Northern District of California related to his deployment in 2020 of ransomware against a victim located in California.” on January 5, 2020. In 2022, LockBit was one of the most active ransomware groups, and its prevalence continued into 2023.

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Congratulations to Sidley’s Newest Partners!

Data Matters

Congratulations to our 30 colleagues, including Kate Heinzelman and Tomoki Ishiara , for their election to the Sidley Austin partnership , effective January 1, 2020. Tomoki works out of Sidley’s Tokyo office and supports our global privacy practice in the Asian market.

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Seven top central processing unit (CPU) use cases

IBM Big Data Hub

billion chips within a single quarter of 2020, or roughly 900 CPUs for each second of that entire quarter. Financial services Like data analytics, fintech companies depend on CPUs to enable the fast and efficient processing of huge amounts of financial-based information. There are approximately 7.8

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Congratulations to Sidley’s Newest Partners!

Data Matters

Congratulations to our 30 colleagues, including Kate Heinzelman and Tomoki Ishiara , for their election to the Sidley Austin partnership , effective January 1, 2020. Tomoki works out of Sidley’s Tokyo office and supports our global privacy practice in the Asian market.