“The LockBit ransomware variant, like different main ransomware variants, operates within the ‘ransomware-as-a-service’ (RaaS) mannequin, during which directors, additionally known as builders, design the ransomware, recruit different members — known as associates — to deploy it, and keep an internet software program dashboard known as a ‘management panel’ to supply the associates with the instruments essential to deploy LockBit,” the DOJ press launch stated.
