Police disrupt Diskstation ransomware gang attacking NAS devices

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their businessesppThe law enforcement operation codenamed Operation Elicius was coordinated by Europol and also involved police forces in France and RomaniappDiskstation is a ransomware operation that targets Synology NetworkAttached Storage NAS devices which are commonly used by companies for centralized file storage and sharing data backup and recovery and general content hostingppThe ransomware operation has been targeting NAS devices worldwide since 2021 under various names including DiskStation Security Quick Security LegendaryDisk Security 7even Security and Umbrella SecurityppThe attacks targeted internetexposed NAS devices whose files were encrypted demanding ransom payments ranging from 10000 to hundreds of thousands of dollarsppAn announcement by the Postal and Cybersecurity Police Service explains that companies targeted by Diskstation experienced severe systems outages and business disruptionppThese companies had experienced encryption of data on their IT systems resulting in the complete paralysis of their production processes reads the announcementppTo regain access to their data and resume operations the victims were required to pay a substantial ransom in cryptocurrency to the cybercriminalsppVictims who reported the incidents to the police include graphic and film production firms event organizers and international NGOs active in civil rights and charity workppThe investigations led by the Milan Prosecutors Office focused on the forensic analysis of compromised systems as well as blockchain analysis to trace ransom paymentsppWithin a few months the investigators identified several suspects which enabled international law enforcement partners to conduct raids at the specified Bucharest residences in June 2024ppThese raids provided additional evidence to back the polices suspicions and also led to the arrests of people caught in the act of committing crimesppLaw enforcement arrested a 44yearold Romanian man who is suspected of being the primary 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