{"id":2024916,"date":"2023-09-07T16:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-uk-sanction-11-russian-trickbot-cyber-gang-members-to-disrupt-operations\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T16:59:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:59:45","slug":"us-uk-sanction-11-russian-trickbot-cyber-gang-members-to-disrupt-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-uk-sanction-11-russian-trickbot-cyber-gang-members-to-disrupt-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"US and UK sanction 11 Russian &#8216;Trickbot&#8217; cyber gang members to disrupt operations."},"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\">26<\/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-uk-sanction-11-russian-trickbot-cyber-gang-members-to-disrupt-operations%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=2024916&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--><h2>The United States and the United Kingdom Sanction Cybercrime\u2062 Gangs<\/h2>\n<p>The United States and the United Kingdom have taken decisive action against \u2064the Russia-based Trickbot and\u2063 Conti \u2064cybercrime gangs. \u200dThe U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on Thursday that they have sanctioned 11 \u200bindividuals involved in these \u200dcriminal organizations.<\/p>\n<p>These sanctions carry significant consequences. Any\u200b U.S. or U.K. organization that pays a ransom \u2063to any\u2063 of \u200dthe designated individuals following a \u200cransomware attack may themselves face sanctions. Additionally, \u2062all property and interests in property belonging to these 11 individuals must be blocked and reported to the Treasury&#8217;s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).<\/p>\n<p>Banks are also at risk if they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-uk-sanction-11-russian-trickbot-cyber-gang-members-to-disrupt-operations\/\" title=\"US and UK sanction 11 Russian 'Trickbot' cyber gang members to disrupt operations.\">knowingly \u2062facilitate large transactions<\/a> or provide significant financial\u2062 services to these individuals or entities.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/russia-concerned-over-ally-armenia-holding-joint-drills-with-us-military-5487758\">Russia Concerned Over Ally Armenia Holding Joint Drills With US Military<\/a> &#8211; 9\/7\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/chinas-alliance-with-russia-threatens-the-free-world-5487537\">China&#8217;s Alliance With Russia Threatens the Free World<\/a> &#8211; 9\/7\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Simultaneously,\u2063 the Department of Justice is\u200b unsealing indictments against nine\u200c individuals, seven of whom are also subject to the \u2064sanctions. These individuals are connected to the Trickbot malware and Conti\u2063 ransomware cybercrime schemes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United States is resolute in our efforts to combat ransomware \u200band respond \u2064to disruptions of our critical infrastructure,&#8221; stated Under Secretary of the Treasury Brian \u2063Nelson.<\/p>\n<p>The 11 sanctioned individuals include both senior and junior members of the organizations. This includes managers,\u200b recruiters, developers, and coders who have played\u2063 a significant role in\u2064 assisting\u2064 the \u2064Trickbot group in its\u2062 operations.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-apple-and-facebook-handed-over-private-user-data-to-hackers-posing-as-law-enforcement\/\" title=\"Report: Apple and Facebook Handed Over Private User Data to Hackers Posing as Law Enforcement\">cybercrime group<\/a> has targeted various entities, including the U.S. government, companies, and hospitals. Their activities were particularly rampant during\u200b the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on critical infrastructure and healthcare providers in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>According to the UK&#8217;s \u200bNational Crime Agency, this cybercrime gang has extorted approximately $180 million globally,\u2063 with at\u2063 least 29 million GBP\u2063 coming from victims in the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These cyber criminals thrive off anonymity, moving in the\u200b shadows of the internet\u2062 to cause maximum damage and extort\u2062 money from their victims,&#8221;\u2062 emphasized U.K. Foreign Secretary\u2062 James Cleverly. &#8220;Our sanctions show they cannot act with impunity. We know who they \u200bare and what they are doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornell-pressured-to-upend-dei-policies-on-eve-of-free-speech-year\/\" title=\"Cornell urged to reconsider DEI policies ahead of 'free speech' year.\">notable incident involved<\/a> the Trickbot group launching a ransomware attack on\u200b three medical facilities in Minnesota in 2020. This attack disrupted their computer networks and telephones, leading to the diversion\u2062 of \u200dambulances. Members of the Trickbot \u200dgroup openly boasted about the ease of targeting \u200cthese medical facilities and the speed at\u2064 which \u2063ransoms were paid. It is believed that members of the Trickbot group have ties to Russian intelligence services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United States is resolute in our efforts\u2063 to combat ransomware and respond to disruptions of our critical \u2064infrastructure,&#8221;\u200c reiterated\u2064 Under Secretary of the Treasury Brian Nelson. &#8220;In \u2062close coordination with our British partners, the United States\u2062 will continue to leverage our collective tools and authorities to target these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sanctions-iran-intelligence-over-albania-cyberattack\/\" title=\"US Sanctions Iran Intelligence Over Albania Cyberattack\">malicious cyber activities<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These sanctions represent an ongoing collaboration between the United States and the United \u2062Kingdom in their fight against cybercrime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US and UK have imposed sanctions on 11 individuals from Trickbot and Conti cybercrime groups based in Russia. The Treasury Department stated that if any US or UK organizations make ransom payments to these individuals after a ransomware attack, they could face sanctions themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":618,"featured_media":2024917,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2024916","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\/618"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}