Police Dismantle KillSec Ransomware Gang Allegedly Led by 16-Year-Old
- On Oct 1, Spanish police arrested a 16-year-old Romanian national in Alicante suspected of being the administrator of KillSec, as part of a Europe-wide investigation into around 1,000 ransomware attacks.
- KillSec "exploited software vulnerabilities and poorly secured access points, particularly to cloud storage" to copy sensitive data, then threatened organizations with publication unless they paid ransom.
- Raids across Spain, Greece, Romania, and Britain yielded evidence and assets. Police arrested two additional suspects in their twenties, one in Britain and one in Romania.
- "The group obtained substantial ransom payments," a statement said. Puerto Rico filed an extradition request for the suspect arrested in Britain.
- Europol continues investigating the Europe-wide scope of the attacks while a fourth suspect—a developer who turned 18 in August—remains identified but not arrested.
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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.
In a complex security operation, Spanish police arrested a 16-year-old suspected of running a ransomware group known as KillSec, which is accused of stealing data from organizations and extorting money from them. The article "Spanish Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Suspect in KillSec Group" first appeared on Battery Robotics.
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