1 Swansea Police CryptoLocker Ransomware Payment
https://www.theregister.com/2013/11/21/police_pay_cryptolocker_crooks_to_get_their_computers_back/
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/11/19/us-local-police-department-pays-cryptolocker-ransom/
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/11/18/swansea-police-pay-ransom-after-computer-system-was-hacked
https://www.ibtimes.com/cryptolocker-virus-swansea-mass-police-pay-750-bitcoin-ransom-retrieve-files-1479482
https://www.networkworld.com/article/2225851/police-set-poor-example-by-paying--750-cryptolocker-ransom.html
https://www.scworld.com/brief/massachusetts-cops-hit-by-cryptolocker-pay-750-ransom
2 FBI Agent Mularski Undercover DarkMarket Sting
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2011/06/17/137251254/the-fbi-agent-who-ran-a-stolen-credit-card-ring
https://www.computerworld.com/article/2769787/three-years-undercover-with-the-identity-thieves.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-agent-reflects-on-cybercriminal-role/
https://www.theregister.com/Print/2008/10/14/darkmarket_sting/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DarkMarket
https://news.softpedia.com/news/Underground-Carding-Forum-Ran-by-the-FBI-95701.shtml
3 Zeus Banking Trojan Origins and Impact
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus_(malware)
https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/malware/zeus-malware/
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/threat-reference/zeus-trojan-zbot
https://usa.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/zeus-virus
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/more-than-80-arrested-in-alleged-zeus-banking-scam
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/research/zeus
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/zeus-banking-trojan-spawn-alive-kicking-a-10471
4 GameOver Zeus Peer-to-Peer Botnet Architecture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gameover_ZeuS
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/06/operation-tovar-targets-gameover-zeus-botnet-cryptolocker-scourge/
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/gameover-zeus-botnet-disrupted
https://www.cybereason.com/blog/the-fbi-vs-gameover-zeus-why-the-dga-based-botnet-wins
https://www.shadowserver.org/news/gameover-zeus-cryptolocker/
https://www.knowbe4.com/ransomware-knowledgebase/gameover-zeus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabber_Zeus
5 Operation Tovar International Botnet Takedown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tovar
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-james-cole-delivers-remarks-press-conference-gameover-zeus-and
https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/operation-tovar/
https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/cybersecurity-insight-operation-tovar-gameover-zeus-goz-botnet-takedown
https://www.pcworld.com/article/439576/law-enforcement-agencies-disrupt-gamover-zeus-botnet.html
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2014/06/03/cyber-crime-gameover-zeus-cryptolocker-bogachev-most-wanted/
https://www.theregister.com/2014/06/03/gameover_cryptolocker_takedown/
6 CryptoLocker Decryption Keys Free Recovery
https://thehackernews.com/2014/08/CryptoLocker-Decryption-Keys-Tool.html
https://www.virusbulletin.com/blog/2014/08/researchers-release-cryptolocker-decryption-tool/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryptoLocker
https://grahamcluley.com/fix-cryptolocker-files-free/
https://www.theregister.com/2014/08/06/decryptolocker/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/543518/decryption-keys-are-now-freely-available-for-victims-of-cryptolocker/
7 NewGOZ Botnet Resurfaces After Takedown
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/07/crooks-seek-rivival-of-gameover-zeus-botnet/
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/gameover-zeus-trojan-returns-a-7050
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/gameover-zeus-variant-begins
https://threatpost.com/gameover-zeus-botnet-rebuilds/107776/
https://securityaffairs.com/27590/cyber-crime/zeus-gameover-rebuilds.html
8 Bogachev FBI Bounty and Most Wanted
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cyber/evgeniy-mikhailovich-bogachev
https://www.state.gov/transnational-organized-crime-rewards-program/evgeniy-mikhailovich-bogachev/
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/3-million-reward-offered-for-international-cyber-criminal
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/reward-announced-cyber-fugitive
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/fbi-offers-3-million-reward-alleged-russian-hacker-evgeniy-bogachev-n312076
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-announces-record-3-million-bounty-for-alleged-russian-hacker/2015/02/24/d6e989ca-bc5c-11e4-bdfa-b8e8f594e6ee_story.html
https://time.com/3721250/russian-hacker-bogachev/
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2015/02/25/us-slaps-3-million-bounty-on-wanted-russian-hacker-bogachev-a44196
9 Bogachev Russian Intelligence Espionage Links
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/evgeniy-mikhailovich-bogachev-the-growing-partnership-between-russia-government-and-cybercriminals-60-minutes/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/08/inside-the-100m-business-club-crime-gang/
https://www.securityweek.com/gameover-zeus-gang-leader-engaged-espionage-researchers/
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/report-russian-espionage-piggybacks-on-cybercrime-p-2415
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/worlds-most-wanted-hacker-evgeniy-bogachev-fuelled-kremlins-espionage-efforts-report-1611188
https://qz.com/934432/russian-intelligence-recruited-alexsey-belan-and-evgeniy-bogachev-fbis-most-wanted-hackers
10 Russia-US Extradition Barrier for Cybercriminals
https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/russian-indictment-and-extradition/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/12/treaties-dont-work-wanted-western-fugitives-hide-in-wartime-russia
https://extraditionlawyers.net/extradition-from-russia-to-the-usa/
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/u-s-efforts-to-catch-cybercriminals-abroad-hinge-on-extradition
https://securityboulevard.com/2018/04/do-cybercriminals-ever-get-extradited/
https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/online-archive/catching-wizard-spider-how-new-un-cybercrime-treaty-can-address-ransomware-attacks