Russian national facing 20 years for malware campaign that infected 80,000 freelancers
Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaev appeared in a San Francisco federal court on Monday after being arrested in Cyprus in May 2025 and extradited to the U.S. last week.
A Russian national was indicted on multiple charges related to a malware campaign he ran in 2016 that infected the devices of more than 80,000 people.
Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaev appeared in a San Francisco federal court on Monday after being arrested in Cyprus in May 2025 and extradited to the U.S. last week.
The indictment dates back to 2021, when prosecutors said Aktulaev used a variant of the “TVRAT” malware — also known as “TVSPY” or “TeamSpy.” Between June 2016 and November 2017, Aktulaev used the online messaging platform of a freelance employment tech company and spread the malware to about 80,000 of the site’s users.
Source: https://therecord.media/russian-national-facing-20-years-malware-campaign
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