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Phobos Ransomware admin faces up to 20 years after guilty plea

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Feed Name: Security Affairs

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-03-05

Date Updated: 2026-04-22

Author: Pierluigi Paganini

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Russian national Evgenii Ptitsyn pleaded guilty in the U.S. for his role as an administrator in the Phobos ransomware RaaS operation that deployed ransomware against over 1,000 victims and extorted roughly $16 million; international law enforcement actions from 2024–2025 have led to arrests, infrastructure disruption, and additional charges against alleged operators and affiliates.

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