Russian national facing 20 years for malware campaign that infected 80,000 freelancers

2026-09-03T08:51:48Z578cdf61ef0119a08ff9812903e729c5d8bf2caa38a9808d22f1de6bf68b43ba
RussiaSalityUkrainebotnetcybercrimedata breachhacktivismhealthcarelaw enforcement disruptionmalwarepayment card datapersonal dataransomware

What happened

A news feed reports several cybersecurity developments, including a Russian national facing up to 20 years for a malware campaign that allegedly infected 80,000 freelancers; a healthcare data breach affecting more than 9.5 million people; a pro-Ukraine group deploying custom ransomware against Russian organizations; exposure of donor and limited payment-card data from Russian fundraising projects; and an international disruption of the Sality peer-to-peer botnet.

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