Boeing confirmed being the unnamed multinational aeronautical and defense corporation demanded by the LockBit ransomware operation to pay a $200 million ransom as mentioned in an unsealed indictment against LockBit administrator Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, also known as LockBitSupp, according to CyberScoop. No further information was provided by the aircraft manufacturer but Boeing — which was also confirmed by LockBitSupp to be the anonymous company — was previously reported by BleepingComputer to have refused to comply with LockBit’s demands after the ransomware gang leaked nearly 43GB of its data in November.

Source: SC Magazine