News report

# Russia Arrests Prominent Ransomware Operator

Infosecurity Magazine, December 2, 2024. Secondary reporting that links the unnamed Kaliningrad domestic malware prosecution to Mikhail Matveev; the identity linkage relies on Russian media sourcing and is not an official named Russian release.

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** December 2, 2024

**Research grade:** S2

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** Infosecurity Magazine

**Published:** December 2, 2024

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/russia-arrests-ransomware-wazawaka/](https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/russia-arrests-ransomware-wazawaka/)

**What it supports:** Secondary reporting that links the unnamed Kaliningrad domestic malware prosecution to Mikhail Matveev; the identity linkage relies on Russian media sourcing and is not an official named Russian release

**Dataset id:** src\_infosecurity\_matveev\_russia\_charge\_2024

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## Cited by

### Legal actions against people

1 citation

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[Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev](https://takedownindex.org/people/mikhail-pavlovich-matveev)

Charged, Operation Cronos wave 1

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