US charges Phobos ransomware admin after South Korea extradition
November 18, 2024 at 02:51PM Evgenii Ptitsyn, a Russian suspected of leading the Phobos ransomware operation, has been extradited from South Korea to the U.S. He faces multiple cybercrime charges for his involvement in extorting over $16 million from more than 1,000 entities by coordinating ransomware attacks since November 2020. ### Meeting Takeaways: 1. **Extradition … Read more