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How a series of opsec failures led US authorities to the alleged developer of the Redline password-stealing malware
Prosecutors allege that Redline infected millions of computers around the world since 2020, including several hundred machines at the U.S. Dept. of Defense.
U.S. prosecutors have charged Russian national Maxim Rudometov over his alleged involvement in developing and distributing the notorious Redline password-stealing malware. This years-in-the-making operation saw international law enforcement agencies dismantle the infrastructure of Redline and Meta, two prolific malware strains that have been used to steal sensitive information from millions of people. Source: TechCrunch (screenshot) Image Credits: Department of JusticeAfter receiving a tip from an unnamed security firm in August 2021, U.S. authorities obtained a search warrant to analyze the data found in one of the servers used by Redline, which provided additional information — including IP addresses and a Binance address registered to the same Yandex account — linking Rudometov to the development and deployment of the notorious infostealer.
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