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.

Teenager suspected of leading KillSec ransomware group as law enforcement seizes servers and leak site

On 30 September 2026, law enforcement took control of KillSec’s leak site, securing at least 110 terabytes of data against further unauthorised access.… Read more →

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!

Authorities take KillSec leak site offline, seize 110 TB of stolen data in Operation KillSwitch

An international operation took KillSec's leak site and servers offline and seized at least 110 terabytes of data after what investigators say were roughly 1,000 suspected attacks, Fox News reports.