16-Year-Old Allegedly Led Ransomware Gang Behind Hundreds of Attacks - NEW YORK TIMES POST

A 16-Year-Old Ransomware Kingpin, FBI Patch Fails, and Leaked Pentagon Records: Another Bad Week in Infosec

From a teenage cybercrime mastermind and an embarrassing FBI patch oversight to millions of leaked Social Security numbers at the Department of Defense, here's your weekly deep dive into the latest security breaches, VPN clampdowns, and AI threats.

16-year-old allegedly led ransomware gang behind hundreds of attacks - NEW YORK TIMES POST

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When you picture the person running an international ransomware operation, a 16-year-old probably does not come to mind. Yet investigators say a teenager was the suspected main operator behind KillSec, a cybercrime group linked to around 1,000 suspected attacks worldwide. About 500 of those attacks have so [...]

16-year-old allegedly led ransomware gang behind hundreds of attacks

Operation KillSwitch dismantled KillSec's ransomware infrastructure, but investigators say a 16-year-old allegedly ran the entire cybercrime operation.

KillSec ransomware ring allegedly run by a 16-year-old, Europol says | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware - National Cyber Security Consulting

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When you picture the person running an international ransomware operation, a 16-year-old probably does not come to mind. Yet investigators say a teenager was the suspected main operator behind KillSec, a cybercrime group linked to around 1,000 suspected attacks worldwide. About 500 of those attacks have so […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed!