Quote:Another alleged member of the TrickBot gang has been apprehended, this time when trying to leave South Korea, according to published reports.
 
The Russian national, who is an alleged developer of the notorious crimeware, reportedly had been trapped in South Korea since February 2020 due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Seoul-based news outlet KBS News reported that the individual, identified only as “Mr A”, was arrested at a South Korea airport last week. Mr. A is believed to have worked as a web browser developer for the TrickBot crime syndicate while he lived in Russia in 2016.
 
Recorded Future’s The Record, who reported on the incident, cited the KBS report and said the accused criminal hacker was forced to spend more than a year in South Korea in order to renew his passport delaying his departure.
 
His arrest was the result of an investigation U.S. authorities began into TrickBot during his time in South Korea after the botnet was used “to facilitate ransomware attacks across the US throughout 2020,” according to the report.