The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on its official website that it has added Bitcoin and Ethereum addresses related to the Russian ransomware organization LockBit's affiliates to the sanctions list. The U.S. Treasury Department announced that this action was in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI, and those targeting The first in an ongoing collaboration with LockBit’s international partners. Previously, the British National Crime Agency (NCA) announced that it had taken control of multiple services of LockBit and dismantled its entire criminal gang.