U.S., UK impose cybersecurity sanctions on Russian group

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has announced a joint U.S.-U.K. effort to sanction Russian cybercriminals as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears and Treasury tightens its efforts to financially punish violators of existing sanctions. The U.S. coordinated with the United Kingdom to impose sanctions on seven people that it said are part of the Russia-based cybercrime gang Trickbot. All members are listed as living in Russia or Russian-occupied Ukraine. Trickbot is named for a strain of trojan viruses originally used to steal financial data. The viruses have infected millions of computers worldwide.