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xvpsxvps Member
edited August 28 in News

US offers $2.5 million reward for information on Belarusian hacker

The U.S. Department of State is offering a reward of up to $2.5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Belarusian national Volodymyr Kadariya, who is suspected of involvement in a “significant malware organization.”

Kadariya, 38, also known by his aliases “Stalin,” “Eseb” and “baxus,” allegedly transmitted the Angler Exploit Kit and other malware to the computers “of millions of unsuspecting victims” using online advertisements from October 2013 through March 2022.

At that time, the Angler Exploit Kit “was a leading vehicle through which cybercriminals delivered malware onto compromised electronic devices,” the U.S. Department of State said in a statement on Monday. At its peak, Angler represented 40% of all exploit kit infections, targeting around 100,000 devices and generating an estimated annual turnover of around $34 million, according to the British National Crime Agency (NCA).

Kadariya was indicted in June and charged with financial and computer fraud. The malvertising campaigns he was involved in were designed to appear legitimate but often redirected victims to malicious websites designed to defraud them or infect their devices with malware.

The whole article: https://therecord.media/state-department-reward-for-information-on-belarussian-hacker-kadariya

That’s a lot of money, especially if you’re Russian or Belarusian and dream of a free life in the West.

Comments

  • LeviLevi Member

    He will be toasted in no time

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  • you think he/she is lurking on LET? :P

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  • matey0matey0 Member

    @Levi said:
    He will be toasted in no time

    Given how he has been ID'd and not charged in Russia he's probably connected. I doubt something will happen as long as he doesn't take a vacation outside his country.

  • LeviLevi Member

    @matey0 said:

    @Levi said:
    He will be toasted in no time

    Given how he has been ID'd and not charged in Russia he's probably connected. I doubt something will happen as long as he doesn't take a vacation outside his country.

    Headhunters inside his country simply take him and bring to any country in the world for 2.5 mill. Money talks.

  • matey0matey0 Member

    @Levi said:

    @matey0 said:

    @Levi said:
    He will be toasted in no time

    Given how he has been ID'd and not charged in Russia he's probably connected. I doubt something will happen as long as he doesn't take a vacation outside his country.

    Headhunters inside his country simply take him and bring to any country in the world for 2.5 mill. Money talks.

    With how long the operation ran and how much they supposedly made he could pay off the headhunters.
    And working with headhunters to cheat an extradition is too much even for the US I think.

  • yoursunnyyoursunny Member, IPv6 Advocate

    @xvps said:
    That’s a lot of money

    That's 10 banks worth of money.

    FDIC insures $250,000 in each bank, so you need 10 banks to store $2,500,000.

    Thanked by 2xvps host_c
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