Security News > 2024 > June > Ukraine Police Arrest Suspect Linked to LockBit and Conti Ransomware Groups
2024-06-13 08:05
The Cyber Police of Ukraine has announced the arrest of a local man who is suspected to have offered their services to LockBit and Conti ransomware groups. The unnamed 28-year-old native of the Kharkiv region allegedly specialized in the development of crypters to encrypt and obfuscate malicious payloads in order to evade detection by security programs. The product is believed to have been
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