Russian extradited to U.S. to face cyber crime charges
By Kanishka Singh
(Reuters) -A Russian nationwide appeared in a U.S. federal courtroom docket on Thursday after he was extradited from South Korea to Ohio to face charges for his alleged operate in a cybercriminal group, the U.S. Department of Justice talked about.
Vladimir Dunaev, 38, was a member of a cybercriminal group that deployed a computer banking trojan and ransomware suite of malware referred to as “Trickbot”, the Justice Department talked about.
“Trickbot attacked firms and victims all through the globe and contaminated tons of of hundreds of laptop techniques for theft and ransom, along with networks of faculties, banks, municipal governments, and firms throughout the effectively being care, energy, and agriculture sectors,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco talked about.
The indictment alleges that beginning in November 2015, and persevering with by August 2020, Dunaev and others stole money, confidential knowledge, and damaged computer strategies from …