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# Ragnar Locker disruption

October 2023, Ransomware
Led by [Gendarmerie nationale](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/gendarmerie-nationale)

Extended pass entry, last reviewed August 21, 2026

What was taken down?

Ransomware infrastructure seized across multiple European jurisdictions; leak site taken down.

[See what happened](#what-happened)

What happened to the people?

Officials reported 1 apprehended.
Group accounted for: Partial

[See people and accountability](#people)

Did it stay down?

Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

[See what happened afterward](#afterward)

## What happened

A French-led international operation, with infrastructure seizures in the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden, disrupted the Ragnar Locker ransomware group.

**Date:** October 2023

**Target:** Ragnar Locker, ransomware group

**Activity:** Ransomware

**Operational lead:** French Gendarmerie

**Partners**

Europol[[1]](#source-1)

- [European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/european-union-agency-for-law-enforcement-cooperation), coordinator

**Jurisdiction:** Not established

**Outcome:** Ransomware infrastructure seized across multiple European jurisdictions; leak site taken down.

**Status:** Completed

**Legal mechanism:** Coordinated national judicial/search-and-seizure authority.

**Group accounted for:** Partial

## People and accountability

No individual is named against this entry in the cited record. That is a gap in what has been published rather than a finding that nobody was involved.

Group accounted for: Partial

Alleged principal developer/administrator arrested in Paris (not publicly named in sources reviewed); five additional suspects interviewed. Recorded as an aggregate count since no name is available, consistent with the project's rule against placeholder person records.

[See the organizations and roles behind this action](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/ragnar-locker-disruption/organizations)

## What happened afterward

Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

## Sources

Numbered markers throughout this entry link to the source that supports the claim beside them.

### Official sources

1.
[Ragnar Locker ransomware infrastructure disrupted](https://takedownindex.org/sources/europol-ragnar-locker-ransomware-infrastructure-disrupted)

Europol, October 20, 2023, Source grade P2

Establishes the French-led operation and the multi-country infrastructure seizures.

No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Added from deep-research aggregation pass. Not independently re-verified source-by-source to the same standard as the original 38-incident core; source\_quality capped at S2/P2 pending a dedicated verification pass.

Research context

## How this entry was checked

This entry came from a broader aggregation pass and has not been independently verified source by source. Its sources are graded no higher than P2 or S2, and most carry no address yet. Treat the figures as a research lead rather than a settled record.

Source review: Extended pass, not yet verified

Sources cited: 1

Research cutoff: August 20, 2026

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

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