Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Suspected of Running Kill Sec, Seize Ransomware Leak Site and Servers
Summary: Police in Spain arrested a 16-year-old suspected of running the KillSec ransomware group, one of three people detained on September 30 when authorities also seized the group's leak site and shut down 5 servers, including its main server. The operation, led by Hamburg police and prosecutors with Europol and Eurojust coordination, involved 8 searches across Spain, Greece, the U.K. and Romania and covers about 1,000 suspected attacks worldwide, roughly 500 of them successful so far.
Why it matters: The suspected main operator of a group tied to some 500 successful attacks and more than 280 victims was 16 years old, and the suspected developer turned 18 in August and was a minor when some alleged offenses took place - the barrier to running extortion operations at this scale is lower than most security programs assume.
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