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#7 Graham Cluley general October 20, 2026 at 09:41 UTC

Police arrest Qilin ransomware suspect on holiday, as links made to Synnovis hack that contributed to patient’s death

By Graham Cluley

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German police arrested a 28-year-old Russian man suspected of being a key Qilin ransomware operator while he was on holiday, with investigators linking him directly to the 2024 attack on blood-testing firm Synnovis that disrupted London NHS hospitals and was connected to a patient death. The arrest is significant given Qilin's active exploitation of CVE-2026-0257 in Palo Alto infrastructure and its FBI designation as one of the most active ransomware groups with 600+ victims since 2024.

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