The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) charges a Russian national for his role in developing and deploying the Lockbit ransomware.
Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 20, of Chechen Republic has been accused of perpetrating at least five attacks between August 2020 and March 2023.
According to the DoJ, he participated in a conspiracy with other members of the LockBit ransomware campaign to commit wire fraud and to intentionally damage protected computers and make ransom demands through the use and deployment of ransomware.
The DoJ said that during this campaign, he managed various email addresses, IP addresses, and other online accounts to deploy the ransomware and communicate with the victims.
This announcement comes a day after cybersecurity authorities from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the U.K., and the United States.
released a joint advisory warning of Lock Bit ransomware.
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