The Russian government has confirmed the indictment of a 32-year-old resident, who authorities accuse of creating and launching ransomware attacks. Russian prosecutors said last week that they charged the unnamed hacker, who lives in the Russian province of Kaliningrad, with the creation of ransomware to gain "illegal profit."
Authorities did not name the suspected ransomware hacker. Russian media outlet RIA named the suspect as Mikhail Matveev, a 32-year-old resident of Kaliningrad, who is on the FBI's most wanted list for allegedly launching ransomware attacks against U.S. companies.
U.S. authorities previously linked Matveev - currently with a $10 million U.S. State Department bounty for information leading to his arrest - to the Babuk, Hive, and LockBit ransomware gangs.
Matveev previously told TechCrunch that he "burned" his passport to avoid getting caught while traveling overseas by a country that has an extradition treaty with the United States - which Russia does not.
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