2023-02-10
As part of historic joint cyber sanctions with the UK, today @USTreasury sanctioned seven members of the Russian cyber gang Trickbot. Collaboration continues to be key in targeting Russian cybercrime that seeks to exploit the international financial system.https://home.treasury.gov/ ...
The Record
The US and the UK sanction seven people based in Russia, with likely FSB ties, connected to the Conti and Ryuk ransomware gangs and the Trickbot banking trojan
on par with terrorism and military crisis between states. Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk : Russian Cybercrime Gang Trickbot Sanctioned by US, UK Maggie Miller / Politico : U.S., U.K. sa...
2022-08-09
Tornado Cash has repeatedly failed to impose effective controls designed to stop it from laundering funds for malicious cyber actors on a regular basis. Treasury will continue to aggressively pursue actions against mixers that launder virtual currency for criminals. https://twitter.com/...
The Block
The US Treasury sanctions crypto mixing service Tornado Cash and 44 related ETH and USDC wallets, citing their use in high-profile hacks, such as by North Korea
- The Treasury is sanctioning DeFi mixing service, Tornado Cash. — The move is the agency's second sanction of a mixing service. Source: U.S. Department … .