A Russian cybercriminal wanted in the U.S. in connection with LockBit and Hive ransomware operations has been arrested by law enforcement authorities in the country. According to a news report from Russian media outlet RIA Novosti, Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev has been accused of developing a malicious program designed to encrypt files and seek ransom in return for a decryption key. "At present,
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I’m thinking he fucked with the wrong people.
If he was just screwing over people in the west I doubt Russia would do shit about it.
And I don’t even mean ransomware. At some point you need to liquidate that bitcoin if you want to actually spend it. At which point you’re going to be dealing with the mob, corrupt Russian banks and tax officials. Everyone is going to want a bribe or a cut and that’s when you start getting the pressure from people who can actual fuck you.
Or have him ready to be shipped to the US as a boon to Trump as a sweetener for any peace talks. Although that’s not mutually exclusive with what you said.
He was an independent entrepreneur and wasn’t paying taxes?
