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Hackers are exploiting ConnectWise flaws to deploy LockBit ransomware, security experts warn


Security experts are warning that a pair of high-risk ConnectWise flaws are being exploited by hackers to deploy LockBit ransomware

Max Rogers, senior director of threat operations at Huntress, told TechCrunch that the cybersecurity company has also observed LockBit ransomware being deployed in attacks exploiting the ScreenConnect vulnerability. LockBit ransomware’s infrastructure was seized earlier this week as part of a sweeping international law enforcement operation led by the U.K.’s National Crime Agency. The action, known as “Operation Cronos,” also saw the takedown of 34 servers across Europe, the U.K., and the United States, the seizure of more than 200 cryptocurrency wallets, and the arrests of two alleged LockBit members in Poland and Ukraine.

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