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Police arrest Conti and LockBit ransomware crypter specialist

ID: 8308725b-a2cc-5cc2-92c8-9a8e16d099ab

STIX ID: report--8308725b-a2cc-5cc2-92c8-9a8e16d099ab

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2024-06-12

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Bill Toulas

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Ukrainian cyber police arrested a 28-year-old Russian man in Kyiv tied to Conti and LockBit ransomware operations for developing and selling custom crypters that made ransomware payloads FUD and for participating as an affiliate in at least one confirmed 2021 attack on a Dutch multinational; searches in Kyiv and Kharkiv seized computers, phones, and notes, and the suspect faces criminal charges and up to 15 years imprisonment.

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