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Lawmakers Probe Early Release of Top RU Cybercrook

March 15, 2022 0 Comments aleksei burkov, directconnection, jake sullivan, k0pa, mazafaka, naama issachar, Ne'er-Do-Well News, vladimir putin

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:37:43 +0000

Aleksei Burkov, a cybercriminal who long operated two of Russia’s most exclusive underground hacking forums, was arrested in 2015 by Israeli authorities. The Russian government fought Burkov’s extradition to the U.S. for four years — even arresting and jailing an Israeli woman to force a prisoner swap. That effort failed: Burkov was sent to America, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to nine years in prison. But a little more than a year later, he was quietly released and deported back to Russia. Now some Republican lawmakers are asking why a Russian hacker once described as “an asset of supreme importance” was allowed to shorten his stay.

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At Request of U.S., Russia Rounds Up 14 REvil Ransomware Affiliates

February 2, 2022 0 Comments andrey sergeevich bessonov, colonial pipeline, darkside, dmitri alperovitch, FSB, gandcrab, immersive labs, kevin breen, Ne'er-Do-Well News, notpetya, president biden, Ransomware, revil, roman gennadyevich muromsky, The Coming Storm, vladimir putin

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 22:41:34 +0000

The Russian government said today it arrested 14 people accused of working for “REvil,” a particularly aggressive ransomware group that has extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from victim organizations. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said the actions were taken in response to a request from U.S. officials, but many experts believe the crackdown is part of an effort to reduce tensions over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to station 100,000 troops along the nation’s border with Ukraine.

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Russian Cybercrime Boss Burkov Pleads Guilty

January 27, 2020 0 Comments aleksei burkov, aqua, cardplanet, directconnection, evil corp, haaretz, k0pa, maksim viktorovich yakubets, naama issachar, Ne'er-Do-Well News, the times of israel, vladimir putin

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:21:46 +0000

Aleksei Burkov, an ultra-connected Russian hacker once described as “an asset of supreme importance” to Moscow, has pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to running a site that sold stolen payment card data and to administering a highly secretive crime forum that counted among its members some of the most elite Russian cybercrooks.