On August 27, 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in coordination with the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United States Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) issued a joint advisory (Advisory) highlighting increased cyber threat activity linked to People’s Republic of China (PRC) affiliated threat […]
Cybercrime
Congressional Research Service Report Sheds Light on October Telecommunications Attack by PRC-Linked Threat Actor
In early October 2025, several media outlets reported that United States telecommunications services had been infiltrated by state affiliated threat actors linked to the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). These reports were followed by a joint press release on October 25, 2024 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […]
DOJ Unseals Indictment of Evil Corp Member, While OFAC Announces New Evil Corp Sanctions
On October 1, 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) unsealed an indictment against Aleksandr Viktorovich Ryzhenkov (Александр Викторович Рыженков), a member of the ransomware group Evil Corp. The indictment charges Ryzhenkov with several violations of the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, as well as conspiring to commit money laundering, arising from his use of a […]