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

Police in Spain have arrested a 16-year-old whom investigators suspect of running the KillSec ransomware group. KillSec is accused of stealing data from organizations and threatening to publish it on its leak site unless they paid. The 16-year-old was one of 3 people arrested on September 30, when police also took control of that site. Investigators identified him as KillSec's suspected

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Suspected of Running KillSec, Seize Ransomware Leak Site and Servers
First reported
Oct 01, 2026 16:55 UTC
Last reported
Oct 01, 2026 16:55 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC
Record ID
34a4f6ff4b48c3f2813ba4534d821495c800f141c12ca1ffa40eb81b13f57464

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src_636032c91a0b4c9a97

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Oct 01, 2026 16:55 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC

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