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Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Suspected of Running KillSec, Seize Ransomware Leak Site and Servers

ID: 39b553f9-da6d-5f84-874f-3cc97e8c440f

STIX ID: report--39b553f9-da6d-5f84-874f-3cc97e8c440f

Feed Name: The Hacker News

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2026-10-01

Date Updated: 2026-10-01

Author: [email protected] (The Hacker News)

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Police and international partners dismantled KillSec's infrastructure and arrested multiple suspects alleged to run the ransomware/data-extortion group; authorities seized servers, domains and over 110 TB of data, and linked the group to roughly 1,000 suspected attacks (about 500 confirmed successful), substantial ransom payments, and a shift to a ransomware-as-a-service affiliate model while using vulnerabilities, cloud misconfigurations, purchased credentials and AI to find and exploit victims.

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