The investigation began in October 2021 and the arrest took place in August 2022. Europol and Eurojust participated in the operation carried out on Swiss soil.

what is known

Thanks to the coordinated actions of all members of the international investigation team, an international operation was carried out in October 2021 to document the criminal activities of the hacker group that distributed the “LockerGoga” ransomware. More than 1,800 companies and institutions in 71 countries were affected by the hackers’ actions. Total losses are more than 120 million US dollars,
– Say the Attorney General.

Law enforcement confiscated equipment and media used by this group. Thanks to this, it was possible to obtain keys to unlock ransomware viruses. These keys enable affected companies and institutions to recover datapreviously encrypted by the “LockerGoga” malware.

According to the report, a series of investigative actions are being carried out on the territory of Ukraine with the aim of bringing all members of the hacker group to justice. How many there are overall and the names of the companies affected by the attacks were not disclosed.