Russia-based bulletproof hosting services provider (BPH) ZServers has been sanctioned by the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom for its alleged involvement with the LockBit ransomware group.
In a press release, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said ZServers was providing services to threat actors responsible for the Medibank Private breach that happened in October 2022. As a result, millions of Medibank’s customers have had their sensitive data stolen. Besides putting ZServers on the blacklist, the law enforcement agencies also imposed travel banks and financial sanctions on five Russians – Aleksandr Bolshakov, the alleged owner of ZServers, Aleksandr Mishin and Ilya Sidorov, senior employees, and Dimitriy Bolshakov and Igor Odintsov, regular employees.
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Source: TechRadar News
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