Sanctionseverity: High2024-10-01
US, UK and Australia issue trilateral Evil Corp sanctions naming FSB enabler Benderskiy
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
OFAC, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade jointly sanctioned seven more individuals and two entities tied to Evil Corp. Treasury named Eduard Benderskiy — a former FSB Vympel officer and Yakubets' father-in-law — as the broker who shielded the group from Russian internal authorities after the 2019 designations. The action coincided with Operation Cronos revelations linking Evil Corp deputy Aleksandr Ryzhenkov to LockBit affiliate activity.
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home.treasury.govOther Evil Corp events
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- 2020-06-25Symantec discloses WastedLocker wave against 31 US organizations
- 2019-12-05US Treasury sanctions Evil Corp and designates Maksim Yakubets
- 2019-12-05DOJ indicts Maksim Yakubets and Igor Turashev over Bugat/Dridex scheme