Dutch police, working with the FBI, have arrested a man described as one of the alleged leaders of ShinyHunters, an extortion group that has targeted health care companies and the vendors that serve them. FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrest on September 29, calling ShinyHunters "a global cybercrime and threat actor group linked to cyberattacks in the United States, the Netherlands, and around the world," Fox News reported.
The suspect is a 24-year-old Amsterdam man who was taken into custody on September 15 and ordered held for at least 90 days pending trial. Neither the FBI nor Dutch police publicly named him. He has not been convicted of any crime in this case.