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Phobos Ransomware Affiliates Arrested in Coordinated International Disruption

United States Department of Justice, February 10, 2025. US charges against Roman Berezhnoy and Egor Nikolaevich Glebov, the 8Base / 'Affiliate 2803' affiliate organization, 1,000+ victims and over $16 million in ransom payments, and the arrests accompanying the international disruption.

Source type
Government release
Published
February 10, 2025
Research grade
P1
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7

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Publisher
United States Department of Justice
Published
February 10, 2025
Source type
Government release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/phobos-ransomware-affiliates-arrested-coordinated-international-disruption
What it supports
US charges against Roman Berezhnoy and Egor Nikolaevich Glebov, the 8Base / 'Affiliate 2803' affiliate organization, 1,000+ victims and over $16 million in ransom payments, and the arrests accompanying the international disruption
Dataset id
src_doj_phobos_2025

Research notes

  • Live page fetched 2026-08-23; the article header reads 'Monday, February 10, 2025' and the page's machine-readable date is 2025-02-10T12:00:00Z.
  • DOJ press release number 25-153; components include the Criminal Division, CCIPS, Office of International Affairs, FBI, NSD and USAO-Maryland.
  • A companion USAO-Maryland version of the same release exists at https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/phobos-ransomware-affiliates-arrested-coordinated-international-disruption and is dated 2025-02-11; do not conflate the two dates.

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