He’s been named by the United States and Britain as being the leader of a Russian gang that committed some of the largest cyberthefts in history, an organization known as Evil Corp.
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The wanted poster of Maksim Viktorovich Yakubets, also known as AQUA, who is one of two alleged Russian hackers that U.S. and U.K. Law enforcement officials announced warrants for their arrests at the U.S. Department of Justice on Dec. 5, 2019 in Washington, DC.