But their focus wasn’t on Mars. It was on its moon, Phobos; named after the Greek God of fear. After all, if NASA could land on Mars, landing on one of its moons should be easy, right?

The DoJ says Berezhnoy and Glebov were the operators of the “8Base” and “Affiliate 2803” platforms, both deploying the Phobos ransomware strain in attacks.

PARIS (Reuters) - 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 ...