Collaborate Disseminate
Authorities have yet to formally identify the 22-year-old, but reports suggest he was a prominent player in “the Com” ecosystem.
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‘Operation Endgame’ targeted well-known malware variants used to facilitate ransomware and other serious cybercrime.
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YunHe Wang and two associates were also sanctioned by the Treasury Department in operation to install malware on users’ computers.
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The group known as Scattered Spider is one of the most impactful cybercrime groups working today and has proven elusive to law enforcement so far.
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The takedown comes nearly a year after the site was reconstituted after a previous seizure.
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Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev is the driving force behind one of the most virulent ransomware syndicates in recent years, authorities said.
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Kemba Walden, the former acting national cyber director, said that a ransom payment ban is the ultimate goal.
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At issue is Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which authorizes snooping that some consider vital to security and others view as an out-of-control privacy threat.
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The agency sees ways that AI could help protect cyber networks, but also ways it could be an ethical quagmire or a tool for enemies of the United States.
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At the world’s largest industrial cybersecurity conference, Beijing’s operations targeting U.S. critical infrastructure was just one concern among many.
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