SC Media reports:
Russia was reported by local media outlet Kommersant to have resumed legal proceedings and recommended prison sentences against four alleged members of Russian hacking group REvil, including suspected leader Daniil Puzyrevsky, after several delays over the past two years, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
While Puzyrevsky has been requested by the Russian military prosecutor’s office to be jailed for 6.5 years and fined $2,000, another REvil member Ruslan Khansvyarov has been recommended to be imprisoned for six years and and fined $7,700. Other members Alexei Malozemov and Artyom Zayets have been recommended for a five-year sentence and a $7,200 penalty, each.
Read more at SC Media while I try to come up with any explanation that makes sense as to why the Russian government pursued the prosecution and sentencing of these hackers. When the arrests were first made, DataBreaches believed it was just for show and they’d all be released quickly with no real consequences. Instead, the government detained them, pursued prosecution, added charges, and is seeking stiff sentences.
Why? How does this benefit the government?
DataBreaches hates it when things don’t make. If anyone has an explanation for the government’s pursuit of this case that makes sense, please tell me.