Russian man indicted for spreading malware to 80,000 freelancers
US prosecutors indicted a Russian national for infecting roughly 80,000 freelancers with TVRAT and DarkVNC malware via fake freelance-platform accounts.
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Malware
DarkVNC
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- Mentions · 30d0
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- First seenSep 2, 2026
- Last mentionedSep 3, 2026
Timeline
4 articles · newest firstRussian national facing 20 years for malware campaign that infected 80,000 freelancers
US prosecutors indicted Russian national Searzhudin Aktulaev for a 2016 TVRAT malware campaign that infected 80,000 freelance platform users, carrying up to 20 years.
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Russian Man Extradited Over Malware Campaign Targeting Freelancers
A Russian national was extradited to the US for allegedly spreading TVRAT and DarkVNC malware to 80,000 freelance platform users via Excel attachments.
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Extradited Russian Hacker Faces Charges Over Excel Malware Campaign That Infected Thousands
US DoJ charged extradited Russian Searzhudin Aktulaev for a 2016-2017 Excel macro campaign infecting ~80,000 freelance platform users with TVRAT and DarkVNC.
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Appears with
- TVRATmalware · 4
- TeamViewervendor · 4
- VNC Viewerproduct · 3
- TeamSpymalware · 3
- TeamViewerproduct · 2
- TVSPYmalware · 2
- US Department of Justiceorganization · 2
- Microsoftvendor · 2
- US Justice Departmentorganization · 1
- Kasperskyorganization · 1
- DoJorganization · 1
- Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaevthreat actor · 1
- FBIorganization · 1
- Microsoft Excelproduct · 1
- Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaevorganization · 1
- Avastorganization · 1
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