The Ministry of Justice has accused two Russian citizens of allegedly driving a cybercrime group that used Ransom To attack hundreds of us, earning more than $ 16 million in this process.
33rd Rome Breasts and Egor Nikolaevich Glebova, 39, allegedly used Ransomware software called Phobos for hacking computer networks, copying and stealing files and programs, followed Issue news with Doj. Once the initial data were encrypted, men and others involved in this scheme allegedly demand the victims for paying ransom in exchange for the keys that would allow the victims to access the data again.
The men also allegedly threatened to expose the stolen files and allegedly managed the site on the dark network where the stolen data were published. The victims of this scheme included a children's hospital, health care workers and educational institutions, the Ministry of Justice said. Victims lost data and money.
Berezhana and Glebova were arrested on Monday. The allegations were announced on Tuesday.
Each was charged with a single conspiracy of fraud, one legal computer count, one counting threat to worsen the confidentiality of the stolen data, and one counting of unauthorized access and obtaining information from a secure computer.
When found guilty, every charge related to wire fraud carries maximum sentence in 20 years of imprisonment. Each computer damage has a maximum sentence of 10 years. Other calculations have a maximum sentence of five years.
The arrests come when the international authorities have announced a number of actions against cybercriminals. Recently, Russian National Eugene Ptin was arrested and extradited on charges related to his alleged Phobos Ransomware Administration. The European and German authorities also announced operations involving the FBI and other law enforcement partners that thwarted over 100 servers related to the criminal network Berezhnoy and Glebov, the Ministry of Justice reports.
On Tuesday, USA, Australia and UK, Zservers, a Russian hosting supplier that supports ransom attacks made by a group called Lockbit, authorized. The group uses the software, also called LockBit, for similar data extortion attacks, as those that say Berezhan and Glebov.
“Redemption actors and other cybercriminals are counting on networking service providers such as Zservers to provide their attacks on the US and international critical infrastructure,” Bradley T. Smith, acting secretary of the Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, said A. Smith in A. Smith in A. The release of news announces sanctions. “Today's tripartite actions with Australia and the UK emphasizes our collective determination to violate all aspects of this criminal ecosystem wherever they are to protect our national security.”