The Russian-speaking cybercrime storefront was among the most active bulletproof hosting providers this year to date, receiving almost one-fifth of all illicit-attributed inflow tracked by researchers.

The scammers affected approximately 800 victims and led to losses of more than half a million dollars, the Justice Department said.

Artem Stryzhak participated in a series of ransomware attacks on hospitals, government entities and law firms from the middle of 2018 to late 2021.

Officials disrupted the cybercrime marketplace in April and arrested the alleged 20-year-old operator at that time. Illicit sales reportedly exceeded $500,000 since 2023.

Operation Lonestar Roundup uncovered an operation that used stolen identities to secretly funnel $3 million from 70 U.S. employers back to Pyongyang.

Participants said it was the largest joint scam operation to date and the first focused on the region.

Details of the case align with the investigation into ShinyHunters’ attack on FBI IT systems.

The seizures of the tools, allegedly operated by the Chinese firm Integrity Tech, accompanied a warning from the FBI, CISA and NSA.

The FBI and Secret Service warned Fortinet users that FortiBleed, uncovered this summer, is a continuing threat.

The teenager-run cybercrime group victimized roughly 500 organizations in less than two years.