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Dark web marketplace interface in ruins with seized banners overlaid, LockBit's reputation metrics plummeting on charts, ransom payment flows cut off, server eq
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How the FBI Took Down LockBit by Destroying the One Thing Criminals Can't Easily Replace: Trust

Operation Cronos didn't just seize servers. It turned LockBit's own website against its partners, shattered the group's reputation, and cut US ransom payments by 79 percent in the second half of 2024.

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