Ransom Cartel, Reveton ransomware owner arrested, charged in US

**Arrest and indictments of prolific cybercriminal:** Belarusian-Ukrainian national Maksim Silnikau was arrested and extradited to the U.S. on charges alleging he created and ran the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation (ransomware-as-a-service) and operated a large-scale malvertising scheme from 2013–2022 that distributed exploit kits (notably Angler), locker malware, and scareware, and previously developed the Reveton trojan; indictments detail recruitment on Russian-speaking forums, collaboration with initial access brokers, and laundering of ransom payments through cryptocurrency mixers.