Ukrainian authorities have detain a criminal gang who laundered funds for Russian hacking groups. Ukraine’s national police detained suspects on 25 October 2021, for stealing funds from cryptocurrency wallets and laundering profits for cybercrime organizations.
The arrests took place as part of a joint investigation with US authorities, the Ukrainian National Police (NPU) said in a press release. An undisclosed number of suspects were detained following house searchers across the country.
Authorities said they seized both hardware resources and software programs used to infect users with malware and launder criminal proceeds. “During the investigation, police found that the suspects were disguised under various nicknames on the Darknet network,” the NPU reported. “They used an extensive network of fictitious personas, as well as financial systems, and conducted complex operations to launder criminal proceeds in the interests of cybercriminals.”
This is a clear example of international law enforcement cooperation and efforts to tackle the ransomware dilemma going on worldwide. Russian hackers remain a top threat in this continuing saga.
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