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It was replaced with a message saying This site is now under the control of law enforcement.

As per the publication, the police was operating covertly for some time, before going public.

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Its technical experts made their way into LockBits systems and assumed control from the inside.

However, now when they enter, they get a message saying the police seized the data.

We may be in touch with you very soon, it says.

Certainly by far the biggest ever led by British police.

Unfortunately, as the group is Russian, no arrests were made.

Its safe to assume LockBit will be back soon enough, in one form or another.

ViaBBC

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