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Britain U.S., Australia Sanction Russian Cybercrime Group Media Land
Sanctions target Media Land and affiliates for enabling ransomware, phishing, and DDoS attacks on UK critical infrastructure and taxpayers, the US Treasury said.
- On Wednesday, Britain, the United States and Australia announced sanctions against Media Land, a Russian cybercrime group, by OFAC, DFAT, and Britain's FCDO in coordination with law enforcement.
- Governments say Media Land provided `bulletproof` hosting services that enabled ransomware, DDoS, malware, and phishing campaigns targeting U.K. critical national infrastructure and U.K. taxpayers.
- Aleksandr Volosovik, alleged general director , advertised Media Land services, while Yulia Pankova managed finances and legal issues and Kirill Zatolokin collected payments and coordinated operations.
- The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned the top three operators of Media Land, and the U.K. Foreign Affairs Office said `These shadowy online networks allow cybercriminals and malicious actors to think they can act with impunity and destroy livelihoods-- today's action... proves otherwise.`
- Sanctions specifically list Hypercore Ltd., ML Cloud, Media Land Technology and Data Center Kirishi, with Hypercore described as a front company for Aeza Group LLC, aiming to disrupt servers, troubleshooting and payment services that allegedly supported criminal campaigns.
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