Ransomware to Riches - Operation Destabilise - How tracking ransomware ransom payments uncovered a multi-billion dollar global illicit

Will Lyne

Operation Destabilise was the UK's biggest and most significant ever money laundering investigation. Starting from tracking ransomware ransom payments, a coalition of investigators from around the World, led by the NCA, uncovered a multi-billion-dollar-per-year illicit finance network. This network, which operated in every Western country, the Middle East through to South America, shows how these networks work and enable cybercriminals.

This case study, presented by the NCA strategic and tactical leads, will provide previously unpublished insights on the critical financial enablers of the cybercriminal ecosystem. How the networks worked, how cybercriminals used them, and how we disrupted it working with over 10 international Law Enforcement partners.