Grigory Tsaregorodtsev – Network Securitas

April 22, 2024

Russian FSB Counterintelligence Chief Gets 9 Years in Cybercrime Bribery Scheme

This post was originally published on this siteThe head of counterintelligence for a division of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) was sentenced last week to nine years in a penal colony for accepting a USD $1.7 million bribe to ignore the activities of a prolific Russian cybercrime group that hacked thousands of e-commerce websites. The protection scheme was exposed in 2022 when Russian authorities arrested six members of the group, which sold millions of stolen payment cards at flashy online shops like Trump’s Dumps. A now-defunct carding shop that sold stolen credit cards and invoked 45’s likeness and name. […]