TLDR InfoSec · MISCELLANEOUS

POLICE ARREST 16-YEAR-OLD SUSPECTED OF RUNNING KILLSEC, SEIZE RANSOMWARE LEAK SITE AND SERVERS

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Spanish police arrested a 16-year-old in Alicante, suspected of administering KillSec. Operations across Spain, Greece, the UK, and Romania seized its leak site, five domains, five servers, and at least 110 TB of data. Investigators link KillSec to about 1,000 suspected attacks, including 500 confirmed compromises.