29 Feb 2024

Tech: LockBit raiders attempt comeback, global mobile even

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 29 February 2024
A model presents a Motorola prototype with an adaptive display used as bracelet during the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 27, 2024. The world's biggest mobile phone fair throws open its doors in Barcelona with the sector looking to artificial intelligence to try and reverse declining sales. (Photo by PAU BARRENA / AFP)

A model presents a Motorola prototype with an adaptive display used as bracelet during the Mobile World Congress (MWC). Photo: PAU BARRENA

Technology commentator Juha Saarinen talks about the refusal of the LockBit ransomware gang to go quietly, after its operations were severely disrupted by global law enforcement last week.

New websites have popped up and the hackers say they'll continue their attacks.

The Mobile World Congress - one of the biggest global mobile events - has been underway this week in Barcelona.

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Juha Saarinen is a technology journalist and communicator