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Germany Doxes “UNKN,” Head of RU Ransomware Gangs REvil, GandCrab

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Feed Name: DataBreaches.Net

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-04-06

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Dissent

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German authorities have identified 31-year-old Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin (alias “UNKN”) as the operator behind early Russian ransomware gangs GandCrab and REvil. The BKA advisory alleges Shchukin and an associate extorted nearly €2 million across about two dozen attacks between 2019–2021, contributing to over €35 million in economic damage and at least 130 acts of computer sabotage and extortion.

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