An 18-year-old in Athens is suspected of developing tools for KillSec, the ransomware-as-a-service group linked to nearly 1,000 attacks worldwide, as part of Operation KillSwitch led by Eurojust with Europol support. Authorities seized devices, secured the group’s leak site and servers, and protected 110 terabytes of stolen data during the multinational investigation. #KillSec #OperationKillSwitch #Eurojust #Europol
Keypoints
- Greek police suspect an 18-year-old in Athens of helping develop KillSec tools.
- Operation KillSwitch led to three arrests and eight searches across several countries.
- Investigators say KillSec exploited weak cloud access points to steal sensitive data.
- Police took control of KillSec’s leak site, five servers, and 110 terabytes of stolen data.
- Group-IB described KillSec as a ransomware-as-a-service operation using affiliates for attacks.
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