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Allegedly created in 2010 by Svyatoslav Bondarenko, of Ukraine, the cybercrime group was involved in the theft, sale, and dissemination of personally identifiable information (PII), credit card data, and malware, among others.
In 2018, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) announced charges against 36 individuals believed to be members of the crime ring, as well as the arrest of 13 individuals in Australia, France, Italy, Kosovo, Serbia, and the United Kingdom.