On 30 September 2026, law enforcement took control of KillSec’s leak site, securing at least 110 terabytes of data against further unauthorised access. The cybercrime group used the site to threaten organisations with the publication of stolen files unless they paid a ransom.
The story, first surfaced via the Hacker News community, has drawn significant attention among security researchers and practitioners. Details continue to develop; see the original report at www.europol.europa.eu for the full account.
This article was aggregated automatically by CyberWire Daily's newsfeed engine. Original reporting: www.europol.europa.eu.
