Overview

• The suspect, a 24-year-old man from Schleswig-Holstein, was arrested on suspicion of supporting the Russian hacker collective 'KillNET.'
• Authorities allege he facilitated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks by providing infrastructure and advertising services for these attacks online.
• The 'KillNET' group is ideologically aligned with Russia and has conducted cyberattacks in support of the country's war against Ukraine, targeting NATO states, financial systems, and security infrastructure.
• The arrest was part of an international operation coordinated by Europol, which has been targeting DDoS service platforms since 2018.
• German investigators seized multiple data storage devices from the suspect's home, which are now being analyzed for further evidence in the case.