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How the Kremlin provides a safe harbour for ransomware


How the Kremlin provides a safe harbour for ransomware
by Frank Bajak, The Associated Press
Posted Apr 16, 2021 3:02 am EDT
Last Updated Apr 16, 2021 at 3:14 am EDT
BOSTON A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has been largely powerless to stop it.
One big reason: Ransomware rackets are dominated by Russian-speaking cybercriminals who are shielded and sometimes employed by Russian intelligence agencies, according to security researchers, U.S. law enforcement, and now the Biden administration.
On Thursday, as the U.S. slapped sanctions on Russia for malign activities including state-backed hacking, the Treasury Department said Russian intelligence has enabled ransomware attacks by cultivating and co-opting criminal hackers and giving them safe harbour. With ransomware damages now well into the ....

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How the Kremlin provides a safe harbor for ransomware


How the Kremlin provides a safe harbor for ransomware
FRANK BAJAK, AP Technology Writer
April 16, 2021
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FILE - A Russian man identified as Alexander Vinnik, center, is escorted by police officers from the courthouse at the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, in this Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, file photo. Vinnick, convicted of laundering $160 million in criminal proceeds through a cryptocurrency exchange, is currently imprisoned in France and might yield additional information about the intersection of organized cybercrime and the Russian state.Giannis Papanikos/AP
BOSTON (AP) A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and businesses by scrambling their data files until they pay up. Law enforcement has been largely powerless to stop it. ....

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