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This is the first time that countries jointly impose economic sanctions against someone. The Ministry of Finance explained this step by the continuing cooperation between him and the key British institutions. In October last year, as the UK , and US released documents about this cooperation.
The US Department of Finance says that the group arose in 2014 with the creation of the Dyre banking Trojan, which turned into Trickbot in 2016. The team that created the same name, according to the same statement, is based in Moscow. She specializes in cyber attacks on individuals, enterprises and financial institutions outside of Russia. The group has created a modular set of harmful programs, which allows it to carry out a number of illegal actions.
According to the same data from the Ministry of Finance, in 2020, the Trickbot group participated in a targeted campaign against US hospitals, during which it paralyzed vital healthcare systems with the help of carriers in the midst of Covid-19. During one of these attacks, the Trickbot group used the extortionist against three Minnesota medical institutions, violating the work of their computer networks and phones, which forced employees to redirect ambulances.
“imposing sanctions against these cybercriminals, we send a clear signal to them and other persons involved in extortion, that they will be held accountable. These cynical cyber stakes cause real damage to life and means of existence of people. We will always put our national safety In the first place, protecting Great Britain and our allies from serious organized crime, regardless of its form and place of origin, ”said James Foreign Minister James Cleverly in