Multiple Foreign Nationals Charged in Connection with Trickbot Malware and Conti Ransomware Conspiracies

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An official website of the United States governmentArchived NewsThree indictments in three different federal jurisdictions have been unsealed charging multiple Russian cybercrime actors involved in the Trickbot malware and Conti ransomware schemes. ”Galochkin was a “crypter” for Conti, modifying the ransomware so that it would not be detected by anti-virus programs; Rudenskiy was a developer who supervised other Conti developers; Tsarev was a manager of other Conti conspirators; and Zhuykov was a systems administrator who managed users of Conti infrastructure, organized and paid for infrastructure and tools, and assisted in problem solving infrastructure-related issues. The Justice Department’s National Security Division provided significant assistance in the Conti ransomware and Trickbot malware investigations

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