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Who Runs the Ransomware Group Qilin?

Krebs on Security · US · Security · 11/11/2026, 1:06:01 PM

The cybercrime group Qilin has emerged as the world's most active ransomware affiliate program, claiming at least 365 victim organizations in the past three months alone. But even top Russian hackers make operational security mistakes, and the administrator of Qilin has made a few key missteps over the last decade that all point to a 36-year-old man living in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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