The men facilitated about $1.28 million in salary from victim U.S. companies by hosting laptop farms and helping remote IT workers assume fake identities.

The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad botnets enabled cybercriminals to initiate thousands of attacks. A crackdown targeting large-scale botnets continues amid growing challenges.

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Kwamaine Jerell Ford allegedly impersonated an adult film star and tricked his high-profile victims into sharing their iCloud credentials and MFA codes under false pretenses.

The botnet, which compromised routers and IoT devices in 163 countries, claimed about 369,000 victims and $5.8 million from its cybercriminal customers, officials said.

Angelo Martino is accused of playing both sides — committing attacks and conducting ransomware negotiations on some of the same cases on behalf of his former employer.

The national cyber director is pitching an approach that blends cyber operations with diplomacy, law enforcement and pressure on CEOs to shore up their organizations.

The administration also released an executive order on cybercrime and fraud.

The 43-year-old Russian national ran a ransomware operation that impacted more than 1,000 victims globally. The conspiracy netted more than $39 million in extortion payments.

The marketplace was one of the world’s largest hubs for cybercrime with more than 142,000 members. Officials identified and arrested multiple suspects after seizing the site’s database.