LockBit leader unmasked and sanctioned
$10 million reward on offer
A key player of what was once the world’s most harmful cyber crime group has been unmasked and sanctioned following a successful National Crime Agency-led international disruption campaign.
The sanctions against Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev were announced by the FCDO alongside the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs.
Khoroshev, AKA LockBitSupp, who thrived on anonymity and offered a $10 million reward to anyone who could reveal his identity, will now be subject to a series of asset freezes and travel bans.
US partners are offering a reward of up to $10m for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction.
The actions targeting Khoroshev form part of an extensive and ongoing investigation into the LockBit group by the NCA, FBI, and international partners.
LockBit provided ransomware-as-a-service to a global network of hackers or ‘affiliates’, supplying them with tools and infrastructure to carry out attacks.
