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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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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 stolen files unless they paid up. That single action locked down more…
Security Affairs
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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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An international law enforcement operation dubbed “Operation KillSwitch” seized the KillSec ransomware gang’s data leak site and servers, led to three arrests, and identified a 16-year-old as the group’s alleged administrator.
BleepingComputer
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Police took control of KillSec’s leak site and secured at least 110 terabytes of data stolen from victims.
SecurityWeek
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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 year-old Chinese threat actor looks like a cybercrime gang, acts like a state-associated APT, and attacks organizations in unexpected places.
Dark Reading
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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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In the wake of a suspected leader’s arrest, ShinyHunters says it never intended to publish data stolen from the FBI.
SecurityWeek
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The FBI is warning members of the ShinyHunters extortion group to turn themselves in after Dutch police arrested a man the bureau described as one of the group’s alleged leaders.
BleepingComputer
