Russian access broker sentenced to over 6 years in prison for ransomware schemes

2026-03-24T14:51:50Z8841998882058de4e487e9a0b07aacfdbb1d282caee2273b40e3842258b41fd9
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What happened

This CyberScoop feed (Mar 20–24, 2026) aggregates several high-impact cyber stories: a Russian initial-access broker (Aleksei Volkov) was sentenced for providing access to ransomware groups including Yanluowang; law enforcement disrupted multiple large botnets (Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, Mossad) that had hijacked millions of devices; FBI/CISA and allied agencies issued advisories on state actor campaigns targeting messaging apps and an ongoing Telegram malware campaign tied to Iranian actors; Huntress reported an AI-powered phishing campaign (Railway) compromising hundreds of organizations, as

Why it matters

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cyberscoop
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8841998882058de4e487e9a0b07aacfdbb1d282caee2273b40e3842258b41fd9
Enrichment time
2026-03-24T14:51:50Z
AI-assisted enrichment
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