Defendant Secretly Paid Ransom: Ransomware Decryption Service Faces Trial

By with∅ut-me 08.10.2026 at 11:16 Uhr Companies & Markets Court Trials Cybercrime
TL;DR AI-generated A 50-year-old operator of a ransomware decryption service has been indicted in the US for wire fraud. He allegedly secretly paid ransoms to cybercriminals while charging his clients significantly higher fees. The man is accused of demanding over $19 million from clients and forwarding over $8 million in ransoms.

Source: golem.de

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