The United States Federal Reserve has been allegedly hacked by a ransomware group called LockBit.
The declaration was made through a post on the Dark Web.
The group claims to have extracted 33 terabytes of sensitive banking information.
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— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) June 24, 2024
There have been claims that the United States Federal Reserve was hacked by the LockBit ransomware group. According to reports, LockBit posted on its dark web leak blog, asserting that it had exfiltrated a staggering 33 terabytes of data from the independent U.S. government financial institution. If true, this would be a significant breach. However, some security experts believe it might be a bluff, as no stolen data samples have been provided to validate the claim. The situation remains under scrutiny, and the Federal Reserve has not officially commented on the matter.