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The United States and Great Britain have imposed sanctions against the Russian hacker group “Trickbot”

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Anna Kholodnova
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The United States and Great Britain imposed sanctions against members of the Russian cybercriminal group "Trickbot".

This was reported by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department.

Trickbot has ties to Russian special services. The restrictions apply to people involved in the management and maintenance of the hacker group: administrators, managers, developers and coders. It is, in particular, about:

In 2016, security researchers identified the "Trickbot" Trojan, which infected millions of computers worldwide, including in the United States. "Trickbot" is derived from the "Dyre" trojan. "Dyre" was used to hack online banking in mid-2014, this virus was controlled by Russians.

During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the "Trickbot" group launched ransomware at hospitals and medical centers in the United States.