The Department of Justice announced it arrested Russian national Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, claiming he is a part of the LockBit ransomware gang. A criminal complaint obtained by SC Media and unsealed in a New Jersey District Court on Thursday alleges that between August 2020 and March 2023, Astamirov helped carry out five ransomware attacks on victims in the United States and around the world, four of which were done on behalf of LockBit.

Source: SC Magazine