The US authorities has charged a member of a Russian ransomware group generally known as Karakurt, as reported earlier by BleepingComputer. In a press launch on Tuesday, the Division of Justice claims 33-year-old Deniss Zolotarjovs of Moscow, Russia, conspired to commit cash laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
As outlined within the felony criticism, the FBI alleges Karakurt stole and threatened to public sale delicate knowledge from a number of firms all through the US. The criticism pins Zolotarjovs because the hacking group’s negotiator of “chilly case extortions,” wherein victims don’t reply with a ransom following an assault, in response to BleepingComputer.
A bulletin from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Safety Company says Karakurt has been identified to contact victims’ staff, enterprise companions, and purchasers “with harassing emails and telephone calls to stress the victims to cooperate.” It additionally operated a leaks and public sale web site.
Regulation enforcement within the Jap European nation of Georgia arrested Zolotarjovs final December and extradited him to the US earlier this month. The DOJ says Zolotarjovs is the primary alleged Karakurt member to be arrested and extradited to the US.
