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UK’s NCA sanctions members of the ‘Evil Corp’ gang

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) says it’s identified 16 people behind the Evil Corp cybercrime group, and has found links to the Russian state and other prolific ransomware groups, including LockBit. Five years ago, the head of Evil Corp, Maksim Yakubets, and one of the group’s administrators, Igor Turashev, were indicted in the US and sanctioned, along with several…