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Extradited Russian Hacker Charged in Excel Malware Campaign Targeting Freelance Platform Users
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Russian national Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaev, 40, with orchestrating a malware campaign between 2016 and 2017 that used approximately 255 fake accounts on a freelance platform to distribute malware-laced Excel attachments to approximately 80,000 users. Aktulaev was arrested in Cyprus in May 2025 and extradited to the United States on August 28, 2026. The charges were unsealed on September 2, 2026.
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