Operation has been crippled - for now
The indictments coincide with a significant takedown of LockBit in a joint operation by US, UK, and other international law enforcement agencies
Implications for EU's own efforts to regulate encryption
Semiconductor shipments to a sanctioned company
xDedic's admins employed a sophisticated system to conceal the identities of buyers and sellers
The ransomware group claims FBI only obtained decryption keys for the last month and a half
Though no agency has released information about an operation
What next for serious crime law enforcement once the convictions bonanza runs out of steam?