Police Dismantle KillSec Ransomware Gang Allegedly Led by 16-Year-Old
- On Thursday, Spanish police arrested a 16-year-old Romanian national in Alicante suspected of operating the hacker group KillSec as part of a Europe-wide probe into around 1,000 ransomware attacks over two years.
- Authorities launched the Europe-wide investigation after detecting a ransomware campaign in which KillSec allegedly obtained "substantial ransom payments" through systematic attacks on organizations.
- Police raided eight houses across Spain, Greece, Romania, and Britain, seizing evidence and assets. Officers arrested two additional suspects in their twenties, one each in Britain and Romania.
- Europol stated KillSec "exploited software vulnerabilities and poorly secured access points, particularly to cloud storage," to copy sensitive information. Puerto Rico filed an extradition request for the suspect arrested in Britain.
- A fourth person, a developer identified as part of KillSec, remains unarrested; the individual was a minor when some offenses occurred, complicating prosecution efforts.
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After a lengthy investigation, police have arrested a 16-year-old minor linked to KillSec.
A 16-year-old has been handcuffed by Spanish police who are believed to be the main administrator of a hacking group called KillSec. The arrest of the Romanian national was part of a Europe-wide investigation into around 1,000 ransomware attacks over a two-year period. A spokeswoman for Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, said the 16-year-old was suspected of being the “administrator” of KillSec. Arrests in three other countrie…
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Osumnjičeni 16-godišnjak bio je glavni operator kibernetičke clusterne KillSec, povezane s oko 1000 nara diljem svijeta, and u međunarodnoj akciji police je preuzela njezinu infrastrukturu i okogurala najmanje 110 terabyte ukradenih podataka, izvijestio je Europol. At koordiniranoj akciji [...] Objava Osumnjičeni 16-godišnjak vodio kibernetičku kulinu koja je provela 1000 raida pojavila se prvi puta on Novi list.
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