The Russian nationals are accused of launching more than 1,000 ransomware attacks worldwide to steal $16 million

Base used a variant of the Phobos ransomware strain to hit numerous companies. The suspects, all Russian nationals, were found in Thailand.

A complex international operation involving 14 coordinated law enforcement agencies led to the arrest of four Russian nationals behind the 8Base ransomware group. View on euronews

The U.S. Justice Department announced the names of two Phobos ransomware affiliates arrested yesterday in Thailand, charging them on 11 counts due to their involvement in more than a thousand cyberattacks.

The 8Base ransomware gang has been active since 2022 but ramped up its activities in mid-2023. The group is suspected of deploying Phobos ransomware to extort over $16 million from more than 1,000 victims worldwide.

An international law-enforcement collaboration has taken down two Russian nationals and two unidentified women who ran ransomware affiliate platforms in Thailand.

A group of international law enforcement agencies have seized the dark web leak site of the 8base ransomware gang as part of a takedown operation. “This hidden site and the criminal content have been seized by the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office on behalf of the Office of the Public Prosecutor General in Bamberg,

Four Russian nationals, who were suspected of deploying a variant of Phobos ransomware to extort payments from people in Europe and beyond, were arrested last week, the pan-European police agency Europol said on Tuesday.