US charges Russian bulletproof web hosts with facilitating cyberattacks that netted $62M

US prosecutors have unsealed an indictment charging three Russian nationals and two web hosting companies with hacking and money laundering.

• The indictment, first filed in 2024, charges Alexander Volosovik, Kirill Zatolokin, and Yulia Pankova with owning and operating Media Land and ML.Cloud.
• The web hosts allegedly provided bulletproof infrastructure to ransomware gangs including LockBit, BlackSuit, and Play.
• Prosecutors said hackers used the companies to launch DDoS and phishing attacks on US businesses, netting $62 million in proceeds.
• US Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva said the web hosts' actions "put the American public at risk" and vowed to dismantle such networks.