Will Law Enforcement Success Against Ransomware Continue in 2025?

Throughout 2024, law enforcement agencies worldwide intensified their fight against cybercrime, leading to significant arrests and takedowns of major cybercriminal groups. Q4 alone saw a substantial flurry of actions. On Oct. 1, 2024, authorities arrested four individuals linked to the notorious LockBit ransomware gang, including a developer, a bulletproof hosting service administrator, and two other affiliates. This followed formal sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department on LockBit members, marking a major step in disrupting the group's global operations. Later in the month, on Oct. 28, Dutch law enforcement executed Operation Magnus, successfully seizing the infrastructure of Redline and Meta Infostealer, two malware-as-a-service platforms used to steal sensitive credentials. Read more
Bill Siegel
Bill Siegel

CEO & Co-founder of Coveware