Who Runs the Ransomware Group Qilin?

The cybercrime group Qilin has emerged as the world’s most active ransomware affiliate program, claiming at least 365 victim organizations in the past three months alone. Even so, the group’s administrator has made operational security mistakes over the last decade that point to a 36-year-old man living in St. Petersburg, Russia. Krebs on Security sets out the evidence behind the identification.