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Russia recommends prison sentence for REvil hackers

Posted on October 23, 2024October 23, 2024 by Dissent

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.

Read more at SC Media while I still try to figure out why Russia has been so determined to detain these individuals and sentence them to long sentences. When they were first arrested,  I would bet that most of us thought it was just an arrest for show and that they’d be out soon with no real consequences. This has not turned out as DataBreaches expected, and DataBreaches hates it when things don’t make sense.

Does any reader have any insight that explains the Russian government’s actions in this case?

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