Federal law enforcement has charged an alleged member of a Russian ransomware group Karakurt with extortion, money laundering, and wire fraud.
The US government has charged a member of a Russian ransomware group known as Karakurt, as reported earlier by Bleeping Computer. In a press release on Tuesday, the Department of Justice claims 33-year-old Deniss Zolotarjovs of Moscow, Russia conspired to commit money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion. As outlined in the criminal complaint, the FBI alleges Karakurt stole and threatened to auction sensitive data from several companies throughout the US.
Karakurt, which has been linked to the prolific Russian ransomware group Conti, carried out a cyberattack on an Oklahoma hospital, where it threatened to auction off patient data, and also targeted a hospital in Texas. Last year, the group claimed to have stolen the social security numbers of 150 million people from a company called Officeworks.
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