Police authorities from 12 countries have carried out another concerted action as part of “Operation Cronos.” Mission-critical servers for the Lockbit infrastructure were shut down and four suspects said to be connected to the cybercriminals were arrested, Europol said in a news release.

“LockBit power cut: Four new arrests and financial sanctions against affiliates,“ the European Union’s law enforcement agency said in a tweet on Tuesday.

Ransomware gangsters in the sights

As part of the current police action, the following actions were taken, Europol said: