Ukrainian Authorities Take Down Phishing Gang That Siphoned 100 Million Hryvnias

The Ukraine Cyber Police Department and the Pechersk Police Department arrested nine members of a cybercriminal organization that defrauded over 5,000 citizens of Ukraine of more than 100 million hryvnias (about $3.39 million) via phishing attacks.

The fraudsters designed more than 400 phishing sites for exfiltrating the banking details of Ukrainian citizens under the guise of social security payments from E.U. countries. The malicious landing pages were hosting an application form to fill out to receive financial help from the European Union.

Some of the phishing sites registered by the hackers included ross0.yolasite[.]com, foundationua[.]com, ua-compensation[.]buzz, www.bless12[.]store, help-compensation[.]xyz, newsukraine10.yolasite[.]com, and euro24dopomoga0.yolasite[.]com, among others.

“Nine people created and administered more than 400 fake web resources for obtaining banking data of citizens. Through the websites, Ukrainians were offered to form an application for the payment of financial assistance from the countries of the European Union. Using phishing links, victims took

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