Spanish police arrest 16-year-old primary operator of KillSec ransomware group, tracking cryptocurrency ransom.

According to Decrypt, Spanish police arrested a 16-year-old Romanian suspect in Alicante for allegedly serving as an administrator and primary operator of the KillSec ransomware group. The operation is part of "Operation KillSwitch," with law enforcement agencies from across Europe taking control of five of the organization's core servers and its data leak site, and securing at least 110 TB of stolen data.