--- title: "How STRIKE Helped Identify Qakbot’s Alleged Operator and Support a $24M Asset Seizure" url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-strike-helped-identify-qakbot-s-alleged-operator-and-support-a-24m-asset-seizure-erflxjcrh source_url: https://securityscorecard.com/blog/how-strike-helped-identify-qakbots-alleged-operator-and-support-a-24m-asset-seizure/ type: article source: "SecurityScorecard" published: 2025-05-26T05:29:17.643Z updated: 2025-05-26T05:29:38.393Z tags: ["cyber", "crypto", "malware", "ransomware"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How STRIKE Helped Identify Qakbot’s Alleged Operator and Support a $24M Asset Seizure **[SecurityScorecard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityscorecard)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The SecurityScorecard STRIKE team aided U.S. law enforcement in a long-term investigation of Qakbot, a malware used by ransomware groups. Russian national Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov was indicted, leading to $24 million in seized assets. The disruption marked a shift from infrastructure takedown to actor attribution. Gallyamov operated Qakbot since 2008, supporting major ransomware activities, and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#crypto](https://daily.dev/tags/crypto), [#malware](https://daily.dev/tags/malware), [#ransomware](https://daily.dev/tags/ransomware) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-strike-helped-identify-qakbot-s-alleged-operator-and-support-a-24m-asset-seizure-erflxjcrh)