Ravie Lakshmanan reports:
Moldovan law enforcement authorities have arrested a 45-year-old foreign man suspected of involvement in a series of ransomware attacks targeting Dutch companies in 2021.
“He is wanted internationally for committing several cybercrimes (ransomware attacks, blackmail, and money laundering) against companies based in the Netherlands,” officials said in a statement Monday.
In conjunction with the arrest, police seized over €84,000 ($93,000) in cash, an electronic wallet, two laptops, a mobile phone, a tablet, six bank cards, two data storage devices, and six memory cards.
The suspect’s name was not disclosed. But he is said to have been detained after a search of his residence in Moldova.
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A translation of the official press release states, in part, “In one of the cases, the suspect allegedly organized a “ransomware” cyberattack on the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), causing material damage worth approximately 4.5 million euros.” Previous coverage of that incident in 2021 can be found on DataBreaches.net here and here.