The FBI, UK National Crime Agency, and Europol have unveiled sweeping indictments and sanctions against the admin of the LockBit ransomware operation, with the identity of the Russian threat actor revealed for the first time.
  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Sanctions and they know who he is? Given that he wasn’t arrested, I’m betting the guy is Russian.

    googles

    Yup.

    …confirmed to be a Russian national named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, 31, of Voronezh, Russia, who reportedly earned $100 million as part of the gang’s activities.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Russian national that just got outed publicly in the press. Pretty sure this is just the governmental way of putting a hit out on someone without actually saying the words. This guy is not going to live long.