EUROPOL: Ragnar Locker ransomware gang taken down by international police swoop
Syndicated By: Iain Fraser Cybersecurity Journalist Gibraltar
Tuesday, 24th October 2023
EUROPOL: Ragnar Locker ransomware gang taken down by international police swoop as Law Enforcement and Judicial authorities from eleven countries delivered a major blow to one of the most dangerous ransomware operations of recent years.
This action, coordinated at international level by Europol and Eurojust, targeted the Ragnar Locker ransomware group. The group were responsible for numerous high-profile attacks against critical infrastructure across the world.
In an action carried out between 16 and 20 October, searches were conducted in Czechia, Spain and Latvia. The “key target” of this malicious ransomware strain was arrested in Paris, France, on 16 October, and his home in Czechia was searched. Five suspects were interviewed in Spain and Latvia in the following days. At the end of the action week, the main perpetrator, suspected of being a developer of the Ragnar group, has been brought in front of the examining magistrates of the Paris Judicial Court.
The ransomware’s infrastructure was also seized in the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden and the associated data leak website on Tor was taken down in Sweden. Learn More /...
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