(Reuters) – A Russian national had his initial appearance in a U.S. federal court on Thursday after his extradition from South Korea to face charges for his alleged role in a cybercriminal organization, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Vladimir Dunaev, 38, was a member of a cybercriminal organization that deployed a computer banking trojan and ransomware suite of malware known as “Trickbot”, the Justice Department said.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru)