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low2026-09-02 09:06 UTCSource: BleepingComputer

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.

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