--- title: LockBit Ransomware gang endorses Donald Trump as next US... description: The LockBit Ransomware gang has resurfaced with double extortion tactics and endorsed Donald Trump as the next US President due to his perceived ability to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/lockbit-ransomware-gang-endorses-donald-trump-as-next-us-president-dmnyzygdo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: LockBit Ransomware gang endorses Donald Trump as next US President | daily.dev og:description: The LockBit Ransomware gang has resurfaced with double extortion tactics and endorsed Donald Trump as the next US President due to his perceived ability to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/lockbit-ransomware-gang-endorses-donald-trump-as-next-us-president-dmnyzygdo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dmNYzYGDo.png og:image:alt: LockBit Ransomware gang endorses Donald Trump as next US President og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # LockBit Ransomware gang endorses Donald Trump as next US President **[Cybersecurity Insiders](https://daily.dev/sources/cybersecurityinsiders)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The LockBit Ransomware gang has resurfaced with double extortion tactics and endorsed Donald Trump as the next US President due to his perceived ability to address challenges at the Mexico border. Despite disruptions, the group managed to regroup and is now brazenly extorting federal agencies for financial gain. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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