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US, UK and Australian law enforcement agencies jointly impose sanctions on key members of Evil Corps

The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the UK's Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) last week jointly imposed sanctions on key members of the ransomware gang Evil Corp. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice released an indictment alleging that a member of Evil Corp deployed the BitPaymer ransomware within the United States. It is reported that the Evil Corp group developed and distributed Dridex, malicious software that infected computers around the world and stole login credentials, resulting in the theft of more than $100 million from hundreds of banks and Financial Institution Groups in more than 40 countries.