Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-04-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: Undisclosed U.S. Government Agency
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: LockBit
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Researchers from Sophos reveal that a regional U.S. government agency compromised with LockBit ransomware had the threat actor in its network for at least five months before the payload was deployed.