Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption tool to recover encrypted files for free, and seized over 200 crypto-wallets after hacking the cybercrime gang's servers in an international crackdown operation.
  • Nougat
    78•9 months ago

    I haven’t even gotten to the text of the story, because I was stopped in my tracks by the stupidest stock photo I have ever seen, wherein someone in full riot gear with an ultra-modern machine pistol is prepared to shoot someone at point blank range, when they’re already in handcuffs, which are, inexplicably, in front and not behind. And how cold is it in that basement that you’d be working while wearing a hoodie (with the hood up, of course) and a jacket zipped up over it?

      • Nougat
        20•9 months ago

        While that’s not strictly a Guy Fawkes mask, holy shit does the non-blurred version get even stupider. It’s like the people who picked the image for the story thought, “Even we can’t put up something that stupid.”

      • @surewhynotlemEnglish
        8•9 months ago

        This is true. It even works for non-hacking developers.

        I once wore two hoodies and my code compiled on the first try.

      • HarkMahlberg
        1•9 months ago

        Almost makes me nostalgic for the way clothing used to work in Cyberpunk 2077.

    • goldenbug
      8•9 months ago

      You definitely made me go into the article just to see the stupid photo.

  • Treczoks
    8•9 months ago

    Good. Lock them up and throw the key in the gutter.