The Worst Deep Web Hackers Keep Getting Exposed...
Source: YouTube · SomeOrdinaryGamers · published May 9, 2025 · 20:09
The video explains how the Lockbit ransomware gang, once one of the largest dark web criminal organizations making over $1 billion, was recently hacked again by a vigilante, exposing their Bitcoin addresses and operations despite previous international law enforcement efforts 0:37.
Key Takeaways:
• Lockbit was a major ransomware group that attacked businesses, hospitals, and critical infrastructure, making over $1 billion through their criminal activities 2:32
• Operation Kronos (international law enforcement) previously targeted Lockbit, but the group remained active with their leader Dmitry Khoroshev identified by the US government 1:17
• Lockbit was recently hacked again by a vigilante called "don't do crime, crime is bad, XOXO from Prague" who leaked their Bitcoin addresses and internal data 7:15
• The leaked data revealed Bitcoin transactions and how the group conducted ransom negotiations with victims, demanding payments like $150,000 to restore encrypted files 10:17
• Taking down Lockbit created a power vacuum now filled by other dangerous ransomware groups: RansomHub, Black Cat/ALFV, and Klopp 17:36
Despite law enforcement efforts and vigilante attacks against cybercriminal groups like Lockbit, the ransomware industry continues to thrive with new players emerging to fill the void 18:46.
Sources:
- 0:37 Introduction to Lockbit as a major criminal organization on the dark web
- 1:17 Operation Kronos and identification of Lockbit's leader
- [2:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
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Hello guys and gals. Me Mudahar and you know what I love to see? Good oldfashioned disgusting criminals on the dark web taken down. Now one thing that I love is you know the deep web, the dark web. It's really this mystical place where like you know a lot of uh a lot of I guess you could say like uh evil is rumored to happen and there is really a lot of evil that happens on the dark web just as likely as there is a lot of goofy stuff that occurs. But obviously I'm not going to sugarcoat it. Obviously, one of the most profitable things on the dark web is ransoming people's data, stealing their data, and selling it for big money. Okay. Now, about a year ago, I want to say February 2024, you might have remembered a video that I made regarding a group known as Lockbit and uh how the United Sta…