<ul><li>U.S. prosecutors have charged Russian national Maxim Rudometov over his alleged involvement in developing and distributing the Redline password-stealing malware.</li><li>Rudometov's operational security errors, including the use of a known email account and reusing monikers, led to his identification.</li><li>Files retrieved from Rudometov's iCloud account and a publicly viewable profile on VK linked him to Redline.</li><li>Authorities seized servers, domains, and Telegram accounts associated with Redline, stopping the sale of the malware and leading to arrests in Belgium.</li></ul>

How a series of opsec failures led US authorities to the alleged developer of the Redline password-stealing malware

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