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MyCyberWay trainingBreaches like this get investigated, not just reported.See Blue Team Specialist
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The teenager-run cybercrime group victimized roughly 500 organizations in less than two years.
CyberScoop
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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……
DataBreaches.net
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Police in Spain have arrested a 16-year-old whom investigators suspect of running the KillSec ransomware group. KillSec is accused of stealing data from organizations and threatening to publish it on its leak site unless they paid. The 16-year-old was one of 3 people arrested on September 30, when police also took control of that site.…
The Hacker News
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European police said raids against the KillSec ransomware-as-a-service operation included the arrest of a high-profile teen suspect.
The Record
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A 16-year-old is suspected of being the main operator of KillSec, a ransomware group that Eurojust says is responsible for almost 1,000 attacks worldwide. Seizure notice (Source: Eurojust) According to Eurojust, KillSec has been active since 2024. The group got into organizations’ systems by exploiting poorly secured access, particularly access linked to cloud storage. “Once…
Help Net Security
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A multinational operation targeting the KillSec ransomware gang has led to three arrests, including an unnamed 16 year-old.
Computer Weekly
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The FBI has a very simple message for the ShinyHunters gang: give yourselves up. On Tuesday, FBI cyber division assistant director Brett Leatherman released a video, thanking the Dutch police for arresting a 24-year-old man they believe to be a member of the group, and and who is separately suspected of attempting to arrange two…
Bitdefender
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An alleged key figure in the ShinyHunters cybercrime group has been arrested in the Netherlands, and – in a grotesque turn – the 24-year-old suspect is also being investigated for attempting to arrange two murders. The 24-year-old from Amsterdam, whom Dutch police have not named, was arrested on September 15 on suspicion of playing a…
Bitdefender
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When the rich and powerful try to use the court to silence negative reporting about themselves, it’s worth calling out that behavior for what it is: an attack on free speech. This is why EFF is happy to stand up for reporters who find themselves in that situation. The California Court of Appeals upheld a…
EFF
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Attackers copied sensitive court records, including more than 150,000 foster care reports, raising privacy and safety concerns for those Arizonans affected.
Malwarebytes
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Attacks by autonomous AI agents are moving out of the lab and into the courtroom, raising unsettled questions about who is liable for what agents do.
SecurityWeek
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AI containment is essential, but security leaders should assume every boundary can fail once an agent can communicate, use tools, and act on real systems. On September 17, podcaster Steven Bartlett asked four AI experts an unusual question: Could you build a jail for a digital Einstein? The panel on The Diary of a CEO…
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