🎯 Double extortion

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• Spanish Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Accused of Running KillSec Ransomware Group
  article2026-10-02

  KillSec encrypted servers and threatened to publish stolen data if a company declined to pay because it had backups.

• Should you care about an “AI slowdown?”
  article2026-09-17

  Ransomware tactic used by both The Gentlemen and Qilin against small- and medium-sized enterprises, combining data theft with operational disruption.

• Ransomware incidents in Japan in the first half of 2026: Investigation of The Gentlemen’s infrastructure and evidence of Qilin's AI use
  article2026-09-17

  The Gentlemen encrypts victim data while threatening to publish stolen information unless a ransom is paid.

• MAJINAHANASHI RANSOMWARE: Yet Another Japanese Locker
  writeup2026-08-14

  Data exfiltration combined with encryption; threatens to leak stolen data if ransom not paid, with countdown timers on DLS