[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fdEZH4hpYRzPBZE3-UhS5ksxyqnNv8c-7qvzmkkG2kRM":3},{"article":4,"iocs":43,"watch_terms":47},{"id":5,"title":6,"slug":7,"summary":8,"ai_summary":9,"brief":10,"full_text":11,"url":12,"image_url":13,"published_at":14,"ingested_at":15,"relevance_score":16,"entities":17,"category_id":23,"category":24,"article_tags":27},"7a66f63a-825e-4334-adc2-549ee4226892","Russian Hacker Sentenced to 2 Years for TA551 Botnet-Driven Ransomware Attacks","russian-hacker-sentenced-to-2-years-for-ta551-botnet-driven-ransomware-attacks","The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said a Russian national has been sentenced to two years in prison for managing a botnet that was used to launch ransomware attacks against U.S. companies. Ilya Angelov, 40, of Tolyatti, Russia, was also fined $100,000. Angelov, who went by the online aliases \"milan\" and \"okart,\" is said to have co-managed a Russia-based cybercriminal group known as TA551 (aka","Ilya Angelov, a 40-year-old Russian national operating under aliases 'milan' and 'okart,' was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $100,000 for co-managing the TA551 cybercriminal group. TA551 operated a botnet infrastructure to conduct ransomware attacks against U.S. companies. The sentencing represents a significant U.S. law enforcement action against organized ransomware-as-a-service operations.","Russian national sentenced to 2 years prison for managing TA551 botnet ransomware attacks.",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fthehackernews.com\u002F2026\u002F03\u002Frussian-hacker-sentenced-to-2-years-for.html","https:\u002F\u002Fblogger.googleusercontent.com\u002Fimg\u002Fb\u002FR29vZ2xl\u002FAVvXsEgSFQsR3JgSCA44WGyYmcmFuACIlDkUDxOnRar3b3B-JHXTZq_dxARV6GEM5gvclJQktlfwnU88fV1Gzcr3HO7EJHoeE5kYA262Vv0SlCB6XPuyAiTSas8Iw0Ca5QkvnGaduv0Dt9euHjKn6A6lYWAHkpXPjbBRdmV1piwxsILM8wcfgT6mjtgQeEB4BUk\u002Fs1600\u002Fransomware-russia.jpg","2026-03-25T11:52:00+00:00","2026-03-25T13:00:09.061614+00:00",8,[18,21],{"name":19,"type":20},"TA551","threat_actor",{"name":22,"type":20},"Ilya Angelov (aliases: milan, okart)","6cbdd207-aaa1-4176-9534-e156b125e917",{"id":23,"icon":11,"name":25,"slug":26},"Nation-state","nation-state",[28,33,38],{"category":29},{"id":30,"icon":11,"name":31,"slug":32},"7d8b5ab8-ea0b-4ced-ae97-ec251b86993a","Ransomware","ransomware",{"category":34},{"id":35,"icon":11,"name":36,"slug":37},"89f78b1c-3503-45a1-9fc7-e23d2ce1c6d5","Malware","malware",{"category":39},{"id":40,"icon":11,"name":41,"slug":42},"e7b231c8-5f79-4465-8d38-1ef13aea5a14","Threat Intelligence","threat-intelligence",[44],{"type":37,"value":45,"context":46},"TA551 Botnet","Botnet infrastructure used to deliver ransomware payloads against U.S. targets",[]]