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US Prosecutors Charge Latvian Woman in Trickbot Gang Case

This Data Breach alert was published at 07.06.2021 19.13 on Data Breach Today.

Case Is First Test for DOJ’s Ransomware and Digital Extortion Task Force
U.S. Justice Department prosecutors have charged a 55-year-old Latvian woman with helping to develop code for the Trickbot gang as well as stealing banking credentials and deploying ransomware, according to a federal indictment. Alla Witte faces more than 30 years in prison if convicted.

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