Ukraine arrests father-son duo in Lockbit cybercrime bust


Cybersecurity specialists from Ukraine's Security Service work at an unknown location in Ukraine, in this undated handout released February 21, 2024. State Security Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS

KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) - Police in Ukraine said on Wednesday they had arrested a father-son duo who belonged to the cybercrime gang Lockbit, which was disrupted by an international law enforcement operation led by Britain's National Crime Agency and the FBI earlier this week.

The father and son, neither of whom were named by police, were wanted for carrying out attacks using ransomware, malicious software used to digitally extort victims, against "enterprises, state institutions and health care institutions in France," the National Police of Ukraine said in a statement.

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