Russian Indicted by US for Developing Redline Infostealer

Unsealed Complaint Charges Maxim Rudometov With Developing and Selling Malware Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • October 29, 2024

An international crackdown against two prominent strains of information-stealing malware continues.

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The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday unsealed a complaint against Russian national Maxim Rudometov, accusing him of being one of the alleged developers and administrators of the Redline infostealer - software "designed to illegally remove important personal and financial information from computers."

Prosecutors said Rudometov has been a key part of the Redline infostealer operation, describing it as being "one of the most prevalent infostealers in the world that has targeted millions of victim computers," as well as Meta, which is described as a "closely related" infostealer also designed to infect ...