A 17-year-old English teenager was arrested last Thursday over an alleged connection to a hacking group responsible for a series of ransomware attacks on American companies, including one that kept MGM Resorts International’s computer system down for 10 days last year.
He was initially placed into police custody on suspicion of blackmail and offenses related to the Computer Misuse Act, according to a statement from West Midlands Police, a law enforcement agency in England.
And was released on bail while the agency “continue with our enquiries.”
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