Australia bans alleged Russian leader of global ransomware group LockBit

Dmitry Khoroshev named as having a ‘senior role’ in the group allegedly behind 18% of reported Australian ransomware attacks in 2022-23

An alleged leader of international ransomware group LockBit has been hit with financial sanctions and banned from travelling to Australia.

The Australian government named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a Russian citizen, as having a “senior leadership role” in a criminal group that supplied a global network of hackers with the tools and infrastructure to carry out online attacks.