▫ According to a recent analysis, Russia is accountable for most ransomware and cyber attacks worldwide, with 74% of the revenue generated by such operations going to Russian-affiliated hackers last year.
▫ A new report from cryptocurrency tracking and analytics firm Chainalysis suggests more than $400 million in bitcoin payments were made in 2021 to organisations “highly likely to be affiliated with Russia”.
▫ Analysts also claimed that “a huge amount of crypto-currency-based money laundering” goes through Russian crypto-companies.