The United States, Britain and Australia unveiled sanctions Tuesday against the leader of the Russian ransomware outfit LockBit, which they accuse of extorting billions of dollars from thousands of victims. The group was responsible for a quarter of all ransomware attacks worldwide last year, and has extorted "over $1 billion from thousands of victims globally," the UK government said in a statement.
A fortnight ago Charlie Marshall was an ordinary point-to-point jockey, competent, clearly a bit underrated, but not rocking any championships and, in that world, best known for being the brother of Izzie Marshall who is in a tight tussle with Gina Andrews for this season’s ladies title.
Ukraine said Tuesday it had unravelled a Russian plot to assassinate senior Ukrainian political and military figures, including President Volodymyr Zelensky.Polish and Ukrainian prosecutors announced last month they had detained a man suspected of aiding a Russian plot to assassinate Zelensky.