As cited
Copy frozen at (site build).
ransomware
Phobos Ransomware Affiliates Arrested in Coordinated International Disruption
No summary had been written when this copy was frozen.
- First seen by Cybersecurity Tracker
Source attribution
Correction
Correction recorded as of .
ransomware
Phobos Ransomware Affiliates Arrested in Coordinated International Disruption
Roman Berezhnoy and Egor Nikolaevich Glebov, Russian nationals, were charged with operating a cybercrime group that deployed Phobos ransomware against over 1,000 public and private entities worldwide. The group collected more than $16 million in ransom payments across victims in the U.S. and internationally.
Why it matters: Organizations worldwide should verify if they were among the 1,000 plus victims and review their incident response and recovery measures; this disruption may temporarily reduce Phobos activity but affiliates may migrate to other ransomware families.
- Source published
- First seen by Cybersecurity Tracker