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US charges Russian military officers for unleashing wiper malware on Ukraine

Getty Images reader comments 31 Federal prosecutors on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging six Russian nationals with conspiracy to hack into the computer networks of the Ukrainian government and its allies and steal or destroy sensitive data on behalf of the Kremlin. The indictment, filed in US District Court for the District of Maryland, said… Read More »

Feds say Ukrainian man running malware service amassed 50M unique credentials

Getty Images | Charles O’Rear reader comments 19 with 17 posters participating Share this story Federal prosecutors have charged a 26-year-old Ukrainian national with operating a malware service that was responsible for stealing sensitive data from more than 2 million individuals around the world. Prosecutors in Texas said on Tuesday that Mark Sokolovsky, 26, of… Read More »

Feds extradite ransomware suspects from 2 prolific gangs in a single week

reader comments 33 with 25 posters participating Share this story Federal prosecutors extradited two suspected ransomware operators, including a man they said was responsible for an intrusion that infected as many as 1,500 organizations in a single stroke, making it one of the worst supply chain attacks ever. Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 22, was arrested last August… Read More »