The ransomware group that targeted London Drugs relisted its ransom demand Thursday after the demand vanished from its dark web site just hours before its original deadline.
According to cyber threat analyst Brett Callow, the demand was relisted with an updated deadline of Thursday, May 23, “19:56:38 UTC” — 12:56 p.m. PST.
Lockbit, the perpetrators claiming to be behind the ransom, were demanding that London Drugs pay $25 million in exchange for data stolen during the April cyberattack that shuttered stores for days.
The ransomware group was threatening to leak employee information on the dark web if those demands were not met.
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