Teenagers suspected of leading ransomware group arrested

Assessment

Eurojust's headline uses the plural, but its own text and every other primary source name one suspected leader: a 16-year-old described as the administrator and main operator, arrested in Alicante province by the Mossos d'Esquadra and Guardia Civil. The second teenager in the releases, a suspected developer who turned 18 in August 2026, is described as identified, not as a leader, and Risky Business reports he was not arrested. The other two arrests were a 24-year-old detained by DIICOT in Romania and a UK arrest that Computer Weekly and Risky Business report was Fouad Eltibrizi, whose age DOJ does not give (Brit Brief, citing ERSOU, reports the UK arrestee was 25). Only one arrestee is described as a minor in any primary source.