Cybercops bust ransomware gang that made "hundreds of millions"

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Only one arrest was made

International operation nabs gang of corporate ransomware hackers, but only one arrest is made

A network of criminal hackers that extorted hundreds of millions of Euros out of about 1800 companies has been nabbed in Ukraine after a four-year international investigation. Police arrested th...

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