The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns of an escalation in LockBit 2.0 ransomware attacks against Australian organizations in multiple industry sectors starting July 2021. Victims have received demands for ransom payments from LockBit and received encryption of data. LockBit has been active since September 2019, in June the group announced the LockBit Ransomware. The government experts recommend enabling multifactor authentication (MFA) on all accounts to block to prevent the abuse of stolen credentials, to enforce the. Principle of Least Privilege, encrypt sensitive data at rest.”]