The United States imposed sanctions against hackers. In the list Russians and companies from the Russian Federation

The US Department of Finance on Thursday imposed sanctions against 17 individuals, including 12 Russian citizens, 6 Russian companies and a hacker group Evil Corp. They are accused of embezzlement of more than $ 100 million from banks and organizations in 40 countries, including the United States, and other crimes in the cyberosphere.

The Russian hacker group Evil Corp used the malicious Dridex (also Bugat) malicious program for the stealing data of users of hundreds of banks and financial institutions. The statement of the Minister of Finance Stephen Mnuchin says that we are talking about "one of the most prolific cyber residents in the world."

Most individuals and companies included in the list are somehow related to Evil Corp.

In addition, in the United States, criminal charges are in absentia to two Russians, who are allegedly key figures of a hacker group. This is 32-year-old Muscovite Maxim Yakubets and 38-year-old Igor Turashev from Yoshkar-Ola. It is alleged that their criminal activity began in 2011. The accusations were brought under 10 articles. The UK is also involved in the investigation. The FBI and the State Department announced that they would pay $ 5 million for information that would help the arrest of Yakubz and Turashev.

It is alleged that Yakubets collaborated with the Russian special services, who accuse the US in the USA of cyber attacks, including illegally gained access to secret documents in the interests of the FSB. Other details are not given.