European police take down criminals behind two big ransomware strains
Romanian police announced Wednesday the arrest of three suspects and questioning of six more in an operation against a cybercrime gang that spread two of the most popular ransomware variants in the world. The arrests, which were carried out last week, were the culmination of a multi-national investigation that began in 2015, according to a statement from the Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit. Other agencies involved included Britain’s National Crime Agency, the FBI, and both Europol’s European CyberCrime Center (EC3) and its Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT). Those arrested were linked to two forms of ransomware: CTB-locker and Cerber. According to Europol, investigators from the Romanian Police Service for Combating Cybercrime seized “a significant amount” of material at the six homes, including “hard drives, laptops, external storage devices, cryptocurrency mining devices and numerous documents.” The agency said it supported the investigation, known as Operation Bakovia, by “hosting operational meetings, […]
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