<ul><li>U.S. authorities indicted Russian national Rustam Gallyamov for leading the Qakbot botnet, which infected over 700,000 computers and facilitated ransomware attacks.</li><li>Qakbot, also known as QBot, is an info-stealing malware active since 2008, spread via malspam campaigns, and has been used by major ransomware gangs.</li><li>The U.S. Justice Department filed a civil forfeiture complaint to seize over $24 million in cryptocurrency from Gallyamov as part of a multinational cybercrime crackdown.</li><li>The FBI performed a sinkholing of the Qakbot botnet, identified over 700,000 infected computers, and seized illicit proceeds worth over $24 million, despite Gallyamov continuing attacks till January 2025.</li></ul>

Leader of Qakbot cybercrime network indicted in U.S. crackdown

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