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US extradites Russian accused of extorting millions in Phobos ransomware payments | TechCrunch

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Evgenii Ptitsyn , 42 , was recently extradited from South Korea to appear in a Maryland federal court on November 4 .

He is accused of administering the sale, distribution, and operation of Phobos, a type of ransomware operation that was used by cybercriminals to launch cyberattacks and extort at least $16 million from over a thousand public and private victims.

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