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Kat Wong

Australia places sanctions on Russian cybercrime groups

Almost half of Australian internet users became victims of cyber crime in the past year. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia has imposed sanctions on Russian cybercrime organisations over their role in ransomware and cyber attacks.

Media Land LLC, its sister company ML.Cloud LLC, and two key figures within both organisations - Aleksandr Alexandrovich Volosovik and Kirill Andreevich Zatolokin - were sanctioned on Thursday in a joint move by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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