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Windows 11 Identifier Code Used to Arrest 19-Year-Old Over Alleged Ransomware Spree

Windows 11 Identifier Code Used to Arrest 19-Year-Old Over Alleged Ransomware Spree
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America's Justice Department and FBI teamed joined Finland's National Bureau of Investigation to arrest a teenager they say is part of one of the world's biggest cybercrime syndicates, reports Tom's Hardware. The "Scattered Spider" syndicate has extorted over $100 million in ransom payments, according to Department of Justice figures: 19-year-old Peter Stokes is a dual U.S.-Estonian citizen who was trying to board a flight to Japan from Helsinki, when law enforcement caught up with him. [T]he

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