Sanctionseverity: High2019-12-05
US Treasury sanctions Evil Corp and designates Maksim Yakubets
published by US Department of the Treasury
Actor
Russian cybercrime syndicate publicly attributed by the U.S. Treasury OFAC in December 2019, which sanctioned founder Maksim Yakubets. Operators of the Dridex banking trojan, the BitPaymer and Wasted…
Summary
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Evil Corp together with 17 individuals and seven entities, including alleged leader Maksim Viktorovich Yakubets and administrator Igor Turashev. Treasury attributed the Dridex banking-trojan operation to the group and stated it had caused more than $100 million in theft from financial institutions in over 40 countries. The action was coordinated with the United Kingdom and Australia.
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sanctionsofacdridexfinancial-crime
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