Lockbit gang hacks into another US financial firm, threatens to dump data

Lockbit has become the world’s most prolific ransomware group in the last year, and has attacked a number of high-profile victims, including the UK’s Royal Mail, the financial software firm ION Group, and Boeing Co. — AFP Relaxnews

The criminal ransomware gang behind the recent attack on the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd has claimed responsibility for two more hacks on US financial firms.

The Lockbit gang added the Chicago Trading Company and Alphadyne Asset Management this week to a list of victims on its darkweb page. The gang has given them deadlines to make an unspecified payment, and is threatening to publish stolen data online if its demands aren’t met.