The U.S. government has indicted Russian national Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov, the leader of the Qakbot botnet malware operation that compromised over 700,000 computers and enabled ransomware attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-indicts-leader-of-qakbot-botnet-linked-to-ransomware-attacks/