Russian Initial Access Broker Sentenced to Prison for Enabling Ransomware Attacks on U.S. Firms

Aleksei Volkov, a 26-year-old Russian national, has been sentenced to 81 months in federal prison for operating as an Initial Access Broker (IAB). His illicit activities directly enabled major cybercrime syndicates, including the notorious Yanluowang ransomware group, to compromise numerous corporate networks across the United States. The attacks facilitated by Volkov resulted in more than […]

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