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Previously, Mandiant claimed Lockbit was (in some manner) associated with EvilCorp, a United States DoJ sanctioned entity. With Mandiant making these claims, Lockbit ransomware group would be unable to receive payments from United States based victims – it would be a felony for companies to pay them.
The claim by Lockbit (of ransoming Mandiant) was an elaborate troll and publicity stunt. Them claiming to ransom Mandiant resulted in chaos in the Threat Intelligence sector, as well as on Twitter. Finally, at the end of the day, Lockbits “leaked ransomed material” was a message to Mandiant.

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