Ukraine Police Arrest Cybercriminals Behind Clop Ransomware Attacks

Ukrainian law enforcement officials reported the arrest of the Clop ransomware group on Wednesday. The organization had been disrupting infrastructure and carrying attacks around the world since at least 2019, according to The Hacker News.   Six defendants were charged as part of an international operation involving Ukraine's National Police and authorities from Interpol, Korea, and the United States for running a double extortion scheme that threatened victims who refused to pay a ransom with the leak of sensitive financial, customer, or personal data. According to National Police, the ransomware attacks caused a whopping $500 million in damag...