The FBI is encouraging victims of the prolific LockBit ransomware strain to claim one of the agency's recently acquired decryption keys.

Officials in Fulton County, Georgia, said they received a new deadline to pay a ransom after their first deadline passed.

The U.S. charged a Russian man of being a "central figure" in three ransomware operations, including one that hit Washington, D.C. police.

Researchers for Cisco's Talos Intelligence Group talked to a user of the LockBit malware, who revealed a few tricks of the trade and why he turned to…