Russian pleads guilty in US to role in Trickbot malware scheme

According to the indictments, the Trickbot group deployed malware and an associated ransomware program called Conti to attack hundreds of targets across nearly all of the United States and in more than 30 other countries since 2016. — Image by gstudioimagen1 on Freepik

WASHINGTON: A Russian man pleaded guilty on Nov 30 to involvement in developing the Trickbot malware used to extort businesses, including hospitals during the Covid pandemic, the US Justice Department said.

Vladimir Dunaev, 40, was extradited from South Korea to the United States in 2021 to face charges of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and identity theft and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.