TokyoJapan extradited a 28-year-old Russian Qilin ransomware suspect to Germany.
Researchers counted 127 Qilin attacks in July, making it the second most active ransomware gang.
Germany issued the warrant over an attack on a German company, and Japan arrested the Russian at an Osaka hotel in May.
German law enforcement has not commented, and Japan has not released the suspect’s name.
How each outlet framed it
- The Record
- notes the suspect was arrested in Osaka on a planned vacation and sent to Germany in June, with the operation starting in May
Sources: The Record