Security News > 2023 > March > Core DoppelPaymer ransomware gang members targeted in Europol operation
Europol has announced that law enforcement in Germany and Ukraine targeted two individuals believed to be core members of the DoppelPaymer ransomware group.
"German officers raided the house of a German national, who is believed to have played a major role in the DoppelPaymer ransomware group," Europol informs in a press release published today.
German officers raided one location - the house of the German national believed to have had a "Major role in the DoppelPaymer ransomware group." In Ukraine, the police searched two locations - in Kiev and Kharkiv.
The DoppelPaymer ransomware operation emerged in 2019 targeting critical infrastructure organizations and large companies.
The German authorities have also confirmed 37 cases where companies were targeted by the ransomware gang.
To force victims into paying the ransom, the operators of the DoppelPaymer ransomware threatened to wipe the decryption keys if victims contracted professional negotiators to obtain a better price for recovering the locked data.