Security News > 2023 > September > U.K. and U.S. Sanction 11 Russia-based Trickbot Cybercrime Gang Members

The U.K. and U.S. governments on Thursday sanctioned 11 individuals who are alleged to be part of the notorious Russia-based TrickBot cybercrime gang.

"Russia has long been a safe haven for cybercriminals, including the TrickBot group," the U.S. Treasury Department said, adding it has "Ties to Russian intelligence services and has targeted the U.S. Government and U.S. companies, including hospitals."

The development marks the second time in seven months the two governments have levied similar sanctions against multiple Russian nationals for their affiliation to the TrickBot, Ryuk, and Conti cybercrime syndicates.

Dmitriy Pleshevskiy, one among those sanctioned in February 2023, has since denied any involvement with the TrickBot gang, stating he used the "Iseldor" alias online to do unspecified programming tasks on a freelance basis.

"These tasks did not seem illegal to me, but perhaps that is where my involvement in these attacks comes in," Pleshevskiy was quoted as saying to WIRED, which unmasked Galochkin as one of the key members of TrickBot after a monthslong investigation.

"In total, there are approximately 250,000 messages which contain over 2,500 IP addresses, around 500 potential crypto wallet addresses, and thousands of domains and email addresses," Cyjax noted in July 2022, referring to the cache of TrickBot data.

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