The law enforcement agencies of the US, UK, and Australia jointly imposed sanctions on key members of the Evil Corp organization

ChainCatcher news, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) jointly imposed sanctions last week on key members of the ransomware gang Evil Corp.

At the same time, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an indictment accusing a member of Evil Corp of deploying BitPaymer ransomware within the United States.

It is reported that the Evil Corp organization developed and spread Dridex, a malware that infected computers worldwide and stole login credentials, resulting in over $100 million being stolen from hundreds of banks and financial institutions in more than 40 countries.