Update: Federal Reserve Extortion

Update: Federal Reserve Extortion

Claims by ransomware group LockBit, that they had exfiltrated “33 TB of data from the U.S. Federal Reserve,” were greatly exaggerated. As we reported earlier, the experts had a feeling that the boasts were unrealistic. Now that the extortion deadline has passed, it’s being called “a publicity stunt.” LockBit didn’t have the goods The U.S. Federal Reserve, aka “the creature from Jekyll Island,” offered LockBit a quick $50,000 to go away. The hack…