Security News LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked US Federal Reserve

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The US Federal Reserve Board of Governors – the central banking system of the United States – was named by the notorious LockBit ransomware group over the weekend, though some insiders are calling it rubbish.

The Russian-linked gang posted the Federal Reserve on its dark leak blog on Sunday, claiming to have exfiltrated 33 terabytes of data from the independent US government financial institution.

“LockBit posts the US Federal Reserve? Someone is mad,” threat researcher Dominic Alvieri first posted on X with a screenshot from LockBit’s victim blog.

LockBit posts the US Federal Reserve?

Someone is mad. @federalreserve pic.twitter.com/oqXwTVKHJe
undefined Dominic Alvieri (@AlvieriD) June 23, 2024

If true, it would be a huge get for the ransomware cartel, who in 2023 were able to victimize such behemoths as The Boeing Company and the UK’s Royal Mail, as well as carry out the mass zero-day execution campaign known as the CitrixBleed.

Cybernews reached out to the Federal Reserve Board on Monday, but its spokesperson did not comment.

The Federal Reserve website was also loading without incident on Monday, including its separately run site, FRBServices, which monitors the status of the various functions of the Fed’s network system.

That site showed no disruption to services such as the Central Bank, FedACH, and Fedwire Funds, with a line of green check marks down the board.

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LockBit lied: Stolen data is from a bank, not US Federal Reserve

Recently-disrupted LockBit ransomware group, in what appears to be a desperate attempt to make a comeback, claimed this week that it had hit US Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States. Except, the rumor has been quashed.

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Recently-disrupted LockBit ransomware group, in what appears to be a desperate attempt to make a comeback, claimed this week that it had hit US Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States.

The tall claim was followed up with LockBit stating it had stolen 33 terabytes of sensitive banking information belonging to Americans and that negotiations were ongoing. Except, the rumor has been quashed. Turns out, the threat actor hit an individual bank, and not the Fed.