Security News > 2024 > January > U.S., U.K., Australia Sanction Russian REvil Hacker Behind Medibank Breach
2024-01-24 08:55
Governments from Australia, the U.K., and the U.S. have imposed financial sanctions on a Russian national for his alleged role in the 2022 ransomware attack against health insurance provider Medibank. Alexander Ermakov (aka blade_runner, GistaveDore, GustaveDore, or JimJones), 33, has been tied to the breach of the Medibank network as well as the theft and release of Personally Identifiable
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