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UNITED STATES AND UNITED KINGDOM SANCTION ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE RUSSIA-BASED
TRICKBOT CYBERCRIME GANG


September 7, 2023

U.S. Department of Justice Concurrently Unsealing Nine Indictments

WASHINGTON — Today, the United States, in coordination with the United Kingdom,
sanctioned eleven individuals who are part of the Russia-based Trickbot
cybercrime group. Russia has long been a safe haven for cybercriminals,
including the Trickbot group. Today’s action was taken by the U.S. Department of
the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The U.S. Department of
Justice (DOJ) is concurrently unsealing indictments against nine individuals in
connection with the Trickbot malware and Conti ransomware schemes, including
seven of the individuals designated today.

Today’s targets include key actors involved in management and procurement for
the Trickbot group, which has ties to Russian intelligence services and has
targeted the U.S. Government and U.S. companies, including hospitals. During the
COVID-19 pandemic, the Trickbot group targeted many critical infrastructure and
health care providers in the United States.

“The United States is resolute in our efforts to combat ransomware and respond
to disruptions of our critical infrastructure,” said Under Secretary of the
Treasury Brian E. Nelson. “In close coordination with our British partners, the
United States will continue to leverage our collective tools and authorities to
target these malicious cyber activities.”

The targets designated today include administrators, managers, developers, and
coders who have materially assisted the Trickbot group in its operations. This
designation is part of continued collaborative efforts by the U.S. and the UK to
disrupt Russian cybercrime and ransomware, and follows the first joint U.S.-UK
cyber designation of several Trickbot group members in February 2023, the first
designation under the UK’s new cyber authority. Treasury coordinated extensively
with UK partners, including the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office;
National Crime Agency; and His Majesty’s Treasury. Today’s action represents the
continued commitment of the United States and the United Kingdom to target,
combat, and counter ransomware actors and to address Russian cybercrime.


TRICKBOT: RUSSIA’S NOTORIOUS CYBER GANG

Trickbot, first identified in 2016 by security researchers, was a trojan virus
that evolved from the Dyre trojan. Dyre was an online banking trojan operated by
Moscow-based individuals who began targeting non-Russian businesses and entities
in mid-2014. Dyre and Trickbot were developed and operated by a group of
cybercriminals to steal financial data from targets outside of Russia. The
Trickbot trojan infected millions of victim computers worldwide, including those
of U.S. businesses and individuals. It has since evolved into a highly modular
malware suite that provides the Trickbot group the ability to conduct a variety
of malicious cyber activities, including ransomware. During the height of the
COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Trickbot group launched a wave of ransomware
disruptions against hospitals and other healthcare centers across the United
States. In one instance, the Trickbot group deployed ransomware against three
Minnesota medical facilities, disrupting their computer networks and telephones,
and causing a diversion of ambulances. Members of the Trickbot group publicly
gloated over the ease of targeting the medical facilities and the speed with
which ransoms had been paid to the group. Members of the Trickbot group are
associated with Russian intelligence services. The Trickbot group’s preparations
in 2020 aligned them to Russian state objectives and actions taken by the
Russian intelligence services. This included targeting the U.S. Government and
U.S. companies.

Andrey Zhuykov was a central actor in the group and acted as a senior
administrator. Andrey Zhuykov is also known by the online monikers Dif and
Defender.

Maksim Galochkin led a group of testers, with responsibilities for development,
supervision, and implementation of tests. Maksim Galochkin is also known by the
online monikers Bentley, Crypt, and Volhvb.

Maksim Rudenskiy was a key member of the Trickbot group and the team lead for
coders.

Mikhail Tsarev was a manager with the group, overseeing human resources and
finance. He was responsible for management and bookkeeping. Mikhail Tsarev is
also known by the monikers Mango, Alexander Grachev, Super Misha, Ivanov Mixail,
Misha Krutysha, and Nikita Andreevich Tsarev.

Dmitry Putilin was associated with the purchase of Trickbot infrastructure.
Dmitry Putilin is also known by the online monikers Grad and Staff.

Maksim Khaliullin was an HR manager for the group. He was associated with the
purchase of Trickbot infrastructure including procuring Virtual Private Servers.
Maksim Khaliullin is also known by the online moniker Kagas.

Sergey Loguntsov was a developer for the Trickbot group.

Vadym Valiakhmetov worked as a coder for the Trickbot group and is known by the
online monikers Weldon, Mentos, and Vasm.

Artem Kurov worked as a coder with development duties in the Trickbot group.
Artem Kurov is also known by the online moniker Naned.

Mikhail Chernov was part of the internal utilities group for Trickbot and is
also known by the online moniker Bullet.

Alexander Mozhaev was part of the admin team responsible for general
administrative duties and is also known by the online monikers Green and Rocco.

OFAC is designating each of these individuals pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.)
13694, as amended by E.O. 13757, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or
provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services
to or in support of, an activity described in subsection (a)(ii) of section 1 of
E.O. 13694, as amended.


SANCTIONS IMPLICATIONS

As a result of today’s action, all property and interests in property of the
individuals that are in the United States or in the possession or control of
U.S. persons must be blocked and reported to OFAC. OFAC’s regulations generally
prohibit all dealings by U.S. persons or within the United States (including
transactions transiting the United States) that involve any property or
interests in property of blocked or designated persons.

In addition, persons that engage in certain transactions with the individuals
designated today may themselves be exposed to designation. Furthermore, any
foreign financial institution that knowingly facilitates a significant
transaction or provides significant financial services for any of the
individuals or entities designated today could be subject to U.S. correspondent
or payable-through account sanctions.

The power and integrity of OFAC sanctions derive not only from its ability to
designate and add persons to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked
Persons (SDN) List but also from its willingness to remove persons from the SDN
List consistent with the law. The ultimate goal of sanctions is not to punish
but to bring about a positive change in behavior. For information concerning the
process for seeking removal from an OFAC list, including the SDN List, please
refer to OFAC’s Frequently Asked Question 897. For detailed information on the
process to submit a request for removal from an OFAC sanctions list, please
refer to OFAC’s website.

See OFAC’s Updated Advisory on Potential Sanctions Risk for Facilitating
Ransomware Payments here, for information on the actions that OFAC would
consider to be mitigating factors in any related enforcement action involving
ransomware payments with a potential sanctions risk. For information on
complying with sanctions applicable to virtual currency, see OFAC’s Sanctions
Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry here. See also the UK’s
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation’s recently issued Guidance on
Financial Sanctions and Ransomware.

For more information on the individuals designated today, click here.

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