US charges Russian for infecting 80,000 freelancers with malware
A California federal grand jury has indicted a Russian national for his role in a phishing campaign that infected thousands of freelancers with TVRAT and DarkVNC malware. [...]
What happened
A California federal grand jury has indicted a Russian national for his role in a phishing campaign that infected thousands of freelancers with TVRAT and DarkVNC malware. [...]
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1 reports · 1 original report · 1 independent
- BleepingComputerPrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%US charges Russian for infecting 80,000 freelancers with malware ↗
Claims
- US charges Russian for infecting 80,000 freelancers with malware Observed
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Timeline
- First reported
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Score explanation
Confidence · formula confidence-2.1.0
Source trust84
Independent corroboration51
Primary evidence35
Claim consistency82
Extraction confidence82
Attribution quality90
Impact · formula impact-2.1.0
Event magnitude62
Market relevance74
Entity significance42
Market breadth45
Novelty68
Urgency55
Ranking · formula rank-1.0.0
Confidence factor0.847
Freshness factor0.9998
Breaking bonus0