Authorities Seize KillSec Extortion Group Infrastructure, Arrest 3 Alleged Members
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In the course of a globally coordinated action, the police managed to break up a cybercrime group and arrest three suspects, including a 16-year-old, who are charged with hundreds of attacks.
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IT Security News - cybersecurity, infosecurity newsAuthorities seize KillSec extortion group infrastructure, arrest 3 alleged members
Global law enforcement authorities dismantled the KillSec ransomware group in Operation KillSwitch, arresting three key members—including its alleged 16-year-old leader—for targeting roughly 500 organizations.
Operation KillSwitch: Police Dismantle KillSec Ransomware Group
Operation KillSwitch: Police Dismantle KillSec Ransomware Group Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2026 Operation KillSwitch: Europol says the KillSec ransomware group, allegedly led by a 16-year-old, was dismantled after attacks on about 1,000 victims. Law enforcement seized control of KillSec ‘s dark web leak site, the Tor website the group used to threaten victims with publishing
Group-IB supports international Operation KillSwitch targeting the KillSec ransomware-as-a-service group | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware - National Cyber Security Consulting
Group-IB, a leading creator of predictive cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent, and fight digital crime, today announced its contribution to Operation KillSwitch, an international investigation led by the Hamburg State Criminal Police Office (Landeskriminalamt Hamburg) and the Hamburg Public Prosecutor’s Office, with the support of Europol and Eurojust, into KillSec, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group linked […] Thank you for s…
Hamburg investigators, together with international authorities, took the infrastructure of the extortion group KillSec out of the network. In the case of searches in four countries, there were three arrests, and the authorities also secured 110 terabytes of data. (Continue reading)
Teenagers suspected of leading KillSec ransom group arrested during international operation
DataBreaches has reported on a group known as KillSec for almost two years. This time, we get to report on their arrest. The European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation issued this press release today: An international group of authorities from nine countries, coordinated by Eurojust and Europol, has successfully shut down a ransomware group... Source
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