The U.S. government has secured the extradition of an alleged Russian hacker who allegedly served as a key administrator of the prolific Phobos ransomware operation.

Prosecutors said Monday that Evgenii Ptitsyn, 42, was recently extradited from South Korea to appear in a Maryland federal court on November 4. Ptitsyn is accused of administering the sale, distribution, and operation of Phobos, a type of ransomware operation that was used by cybercriminals to launch cyberattacks and extort at least $16 million from over a thousand public and private victims globally.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/us-extradites-russian-accused-of-extorting-millions-in-phobos-ransomware-payments/