{"id":1948388,"date":"2023-06-15T16:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T20:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-arrests-russian-national-charged-with-cyberattacks\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T16:54:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T20:54:49","slug":"us-arrests-russian-national-charged-with-cyberattacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-arrests-russian-national-charged-with-cyberattacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian national arrested in US for cyberattacks."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-arrests-russian-national-charged-with-cyberattacks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1948388&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Arrest of Russian National for Ransomware and Cyberattacks<\/h2>\n<p>The Justice Department has made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trudeau-boldly-declares-opposition-to-authoritarianism-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Trudeau Boldly Declares Opposition to Authoritarianism \u2013 in Ukraine\">significant announcement<\/a> regarding the arrest of a Russian national involved in ransomware and cyberattacks targeting computers across the United States and the globe.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Suspected Involvement in LockBit Ransomware Attacks<\/h3>\n<p>Twenty-year-old Ruslan Astamirov is suspected of being part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-chinese-hackers-caused-power-outages-for-millions-of-indians\/\" title=\"Report: Chinese Hackers Caused Power Outages for Millions of Indians\">hacker group<\/a> that utilized the LockBit ransomware to steal tens of millions of dollars from victims in multiple countries. He faces charges of conspiring to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">commit wire fraud<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-arrests-russian-national-charged-with-cyberattacks\/\" title=\"Russian national arrested in US for cyberattacks.\">intentionally damaging protected computers<\/a>, as well as transmitting ransom demands.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme involved deploying LockBit to extract business data from servers and subsequently locking companies out of their databases until they agreed to pay. Notably, these attacks impacted companies in Virginia and Florida, as revealed by the Department of Justice. The complaint was issued in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Department&#8217;s Determination to Combat Cybercrime<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;In securing the arrest of a second Russian national affiliated with the LockBit ransomware, the Department has once again demonstrated the long arm of the law,&#8221; stated Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. &#8220;We will continue to use every tool at our disposal to disrupt cybercrime, and while cybercriminals may continue to run, they ultimately cannot hide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Escalating Tensions Between the United States and Russia<\/h3>\n<p>The arrest of a Russian national by the United States occurs amidst increasing tensions between the two countries. Russia&#8217;s plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/america-shouldnt-go-to-war-for-ukraine-but-it-should-sell-ukraine-weapons\/\" title=\"America Shouldn\u2019t Go To War For Ukraine, But It Should Sell Ukraine Weapons\">deploy nuclear weapons<\/a> to its neighboring ally Belarus, despite protests from the United States, have raised concerns. Additionally, the United States recently accused Russia of collaborating with Iran to establish a drone factory outside of Moscow, aiding in the invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Department arrested Ruslan Astamirov, a Russian national, for his alleged role in ransomware attacks on US and global computers. Astamirov, 20, is believed to be part of a hacker group that utilized LockBit ransomware to pilfer millions from victims in multiple nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1948389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[4376,25930,4107,3965],"class_list":["post-1948388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-arrested","tag-cyberattacks","tag-national","tag-russian"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1948389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}