The world's most dangerous ransomware gang has been shut down in an operation led by 'Britain's ' - with seven arrested and three on the run after police infiltrated the network of hackers 'hiding in the shadows' in Putin's . Lockbit has been causing havoc by hacking into computer systems and stealing sensitive data which it then threatens to release unless the victims pay an extortionate ransom - with the group earning $120million (£95m). The Russian-speaking hackers make money by selling their services to fellow crime gangs, with targets including , the , Porton Down, a nuclear submarine base and hundreds of companies in the UK and abroad.
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