Evil Corp Faces New Sanctions and BitPaymer Ransomware Charges

The Evil Corp cybercrime group has been hit with fresh sanctions by the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Additionally, the U.S. has indicted a member for their involvement in BitPaymer ransomware attacks.

Back in 2019, the U.S. had sanctioned 17 individuals and 7 entities linked to Evil Corp, including its leader, Maksim Yakubets. Today, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has placed sanctions on seven more individuals and two additional entities connected to the syndicate. The UK and Australia have joined the U.S. in sanctioning some of these individuals as well, either today or as part of the 2019 sanctions.

The individuals facing sanctions include Eduard Benderskiy (Yakubets’ father-in-law), Viktor Grigoryevich Yakubets (his father), Aleksandr Viktorovich Ryzhenkov, Sergey Viktorovich Ryzhenkov, Aleksey Yevgenevich Shchetinin, Beyat Enverovich Ramazanov, and Vadim Gennadievich Pogodin. The two entities, Vympel-Assistance LLC and Solar-Invest LLC, are owned by Benderskiy.

According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Benderskiy, a former Spetnaz officer with ties to Russian intelligence, has played a key role in facilitating Evil Corp’s relationship with the Russian state. This partnership allegedly enabled the group to conduct cyberattacks and espionage operations against NATO allies prior to 2019.

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