This is the KNVB hacker, the world’s most wanted cybercriminal: FBI offers 10 million | RTL News

Thousands of companies have fallen victim to Lockbit in recent years. In the Netherlands, this includes a healthcare institution, a wellness center and a steel processing company. The best-known victim is the KNVB.

According to the FBI, Khoroshev and his gang are responsible for 2,110 victims. More than a hundred hospitals have been shut down by Lockbit ransomware. This is how a ransomware attack works:

Lockbit’s leader denies he is Khoroshev and says the FBI is “bluffing.”

No hiding place for cyber criminals

“These sanctions are hugely important and show that there is no hiding place for cybercriminals like Dmitry Khoroshev, who are wreaking havoc around the world,” said Graeme Biggar, head of Britain’s National Crime Agency. “He was convinced he could remain anonymous, but he was wrong.”

The NCA and FBI had previously seized Lockbit servers, delivering a digital blow to the gang. The gang became active again quite quickly, but on a much smaller scale than before.

Safe in Russia

Other members of Lockbit, whose identities have also been revealed, have not yet been arrested. Russians Mikhail Pavlovich Matveyev (31), Artur Sungatov (34) and Ivan Kondratjev (27) are all believed to be living in Russia or another country that does not have an extradition treaty with the US.

Cybercriminals are often left alone in Russia as long as they only attack Western companies.

KNVB

The KNVB, Lockbit’s best-known victim, was also hacked and extorted by Lockbit. The Football Association paid a ransom. To this day, it is not known how much that was, but the demand was more than one million euros, RTL Nieuws reported.

Lockbit threatened to leak confidential documents from the KNVB, including passport copies and contracts of the Dutch players.