What is "Evil Corp."?

in russia •  5 years ago 

"E Corp, known to Elliot by the derogatory name Evil Corp, is one of the largest multi-national conglomerates in the world. Among their enterprises, they manufacture computers, phones, and tablets, and maintain a banking and consumer credit division."
https://mrrobot.fandom.com/wiki/E_Corp

"The U.S. Justice Department this month offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Russian man indicted for allegedly orchestrating a vast, international cybercrime network that called itself “Evil Corp” and stole roughly $100 million from businesses and consumers"
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/12/inside-evil-corp-a-100m-cybercrime-menace/

"For the last decade, the hackers behind Evil Corp have led a sustained assault on the bank accounts of thousands of victims across dozens of countries. By steadily evolving malware known as Bugat, they indiscriminately siphoned tens of millions of dollars from unwitting victims."
https://www.wired.com/story/alleged-russian-hacker-evil-corp-indicted/

""Treasury is sanctioning Evil Corp as part of a sweeping action against one of the world's most prolific cybercriminal organizations. This coordinated action is intended to disrupt the massive phishing campaigns orchestrated by this Russian-based hacker group," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/05/politics/us-sanctions-russian-evil-corp/index.html

Treasury Sanctions Evil Corp, the Russia-Based Cybercriminal Group Behind Dridex Malware
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm845

"The organization's alleged leader, identified as Maksim Yakubets, also worked for Russia's Federal Security Service intelligence agency, according to the Treasury Department. Yakubets was directed to work on projects for the Russian state starting in 2017, it said. The Russian ambassador to the U.S., Anatoly Antonov, called the accusation "groundless."

Evil Corp (whose name may be an homage to the sinister corporation in the "Mr. Robot" television series) is "the world's most harmful cyber crime group," the U.K.'s National Crime Agency said in a statement, adding that its malware had caused hundreds of millions of pounds in financial losses in the U.K. alone"
https://www.americanbanker.com/articles/russian-evil-corp-is-behind-a-decade-of-bank-hacks-us-says

Kingpin of Evil Corp lived large. Now there’s a $5 million bounty on his head
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/12/members-of-evil-corp-the-cybercrime-group-that-lived-in-luxury-are-indicted/

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