LockBit ransomware gang targets India’s National Aerospace Laboratories

LockBit has threatened to publish the organization’s data if it fails to pay an unspecified ransom

LockBit has threatened to publish the organization’s data if it fails to pay an unspecified ransom
LockBit has threatened to publish the organization’s data if it fails to pay an unspecified ransom

8 documents purportedly stolen by LockBit include confidential letters, employee passports, and more

India’s largest aerospace research company, the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), has reportedly been hit by the infamous ransomware group LockBit.

LockBit added NAL to its dark web leak site, and has threatened to publish the organization’s data if it fails to pay an unspecified ransom, reports TechCrunch. LockBit posted eight purportedly stolen documents, including confidential letters, an employee’s passport, and other internal documents,” the report claimed.

The website of NAL was down and the research organization or Indian cyber agency CERT-In was yet to comment on the report.

Earlier this month, LockBit hit the US arm of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) that disrupted trades in the US Treasury market.

The hacker group reportedly admitted it was paid a ransom by the bank.

LockBit’s business model is known as “ransomware-as-a-service”. It sells its malicious software to other hackers, who carry out the cyber attacks.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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2 COMMENTS

  1. It is free to publish & enjoy the data.
    India can change & issue new passports with modified information nullifying old passport or current passports
    The disgusting feature is Western companies (read countries) themselves are doing it for through shadow acts to settle diplomatic failures.
    It is done intentionally by those who hold grudge against raising status of Bharat.

  2. It is free to publish & enjoy the data.
    India can change & issue new passports with modified information nullifying old passport or current passports
    The disgusting feature is Western companies (read countries) themselves are doing it for through shadow acts to settle diplomatic failures.

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