Boeing Confirms Lockbit Hackers Wanted $200 Million Ransom After 2023 Hack

Boeing declined to pay a $200 million ransom in exchange for securing 43GB of data stolen by hackers, the aerospace company confirmed this week.

Boeing was hacked in October 2023 by the LockBit ransomware gang, which threatened to release what it said was a "tremendous amount" of sensitive data. LockBit eventually published data from the hack, including IT management software, monitoring logs, and auditing tools.

Seven months later, an unsealed DOJ indictment for alleged Lockbit mastermind Dimitry Yuryevich Khoroshev mentioned that an unnamed "multinational aeronautical and defense corporation headquartered in Virginia" was targeted by Lockbit for $200 million. Boeing then confirmed to CyberScoop that it is that unnamed company. Khoroshev, also known as LockBitSupp, is charged with creating and operating the LockBit group that boasts over 2,000 victims and $500 million in ransom payments. Law enforcement partially took down Lockbit's operation earlier this year and went back for more earlier this week.