Ransomware gang LockBit claims to have hacked security vendor Mandiant, stealing more than 350,000 files and threatening to leak them online. Mandiant says it has found “no evidence” of a breach, and believes LockBit may be striking back after Mandiant released an investigation into its relationship to Russian cyber gang Evil Corp.
The claims emerged late last night as LockBit published two files to its victim blog on the dark web which it claims stem from an attack on Mandiant. The group says it has more data to release: “all available information will be published!”, its blog post reads. It is not known if a ransom demand has been made to Mandiant, but a countdown timer on the post appears to indicate that the deadline for the release of information is approaching.
Formerly known as ABCD, LockBit is known for requesting financial payment from its victims in exchange for decryption of information. “It focuses mostly on enterprises and government organisations rather than individuals,” says a report from security vendor Kaspersky.
Active since 2019, high-profile victims of the gang include Accenture, where LockBit demanded $50m in exchange for stolen data last year. However, reports noted that when a countdown timer set up for payment of the ransom passed zero, no data was released.
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