A 16-year-old is suspected of being the main operator behind KillSec, a ransomware group that Eurojust says carried out nearly 1,000 attacks worldwide. Authorities seized servers, domains, and 110 terabytes of stolen data as part of a multinational operation involving several European agencies and the FBI. #KillSec #Eurojust #Europol #FBI
Keypoints
- KillSec has been active since 2024 and is linked to nearly 1,000 attacks.
- The group exploited poorly secured access, especially cloud storage-linked access.
- Stolen data was copied to KillSec infrastructure and used for extortion.
- A 16-year-old is suspected of being the main operator and administrator.
- Authorities made three arrests and seized servers, domains, and stolen data.
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