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cyberHIGHDE2026-04-06 02:07 UTC

Germany Doxes “UNKN,” Head of RU Ransomware Gangs REvil, GandCrab

Germany Doxes “UNKN,” Head of RU Ransomware Gangs REvil, GandCrab

An elusive hacker who went by the handle "UNKN" and ran the early Russian ransomware groups GandCrab and REvil now has a name and a face. Authorities in Germany say 31-year-old Russian Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin headed both cybercrime gangs and helped carry out at least 130 acts of computer sabotag

ORIGINAL SOURCE →via Krebs on Security
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