Arrested: ransomware group DoppelPaymer
Again the core members of a ransomware group were caught: the heads of the APT group DoppelPaymer were caught in Ukraine and Germany through a cooperation of the police, Europol, FBI and many other authorities. The group became known through the attack on the University Hospital Düsseldorf. Already on February 28, 2023, the German State Criminal Police Office of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Ukrainian National Police, with the support of Europol, the Dutch police (Politie) and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, targeted suspected core members of the criminal group responsible for large-scale cyber attacks responsible for the DoppelPaymer ransomware. Double palmer handle…