The sanctions apply to AEZA International, which, based in the UK, which, according to OFAC, was used to rent IP addresses to cybercriminals. The sanctions were affected by two subsidiaries based in Russia: AEZA Logistic and Cloud Solutions, as well as four top managers, including General Directors Arseny Penzev and Yuri Bozoyan. Both general director were detained by Russian law enforcement officers for communication with the Blacksprut darknet platform.
OFAC claims that Aeza Group offered the services of protected hosting, which allowed the creators of the Mr. programs and operators of the Darknet-sites to bypass the control of law enforcement agencies and act with impunity. According to the agency, the AEZA infrastructure served Meduza and Lumma groups that distribute malicious software for the theft of confidential information related to the US defense and industrial complex and technological companies.
The US Ministry of Finance claims that Aeza provided hosting services to the creators of the Bianlian Mesuerian virus and malicious Redline, which allowed attackers to steal personal data and user assets from around the world.
Black list of cryptodrez on the Tron blockchain was identified as the address used to receive payments for AEZA services. According to Chainalysis, this address processed more than $ 350,000 in cryptocurrency and sent payments through a third -party service, making it difficult to track funds.
Last year, OFAC imposed sanctions against the participants of the LockBit hacker group. A few months ago, the US Treasury Blacklist eight crypto -adordos of Yemen Husites.
Source: Bits
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