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.

Cybercriminals allegedly use the companies' infrastructure for ransomware, phishing and Distributed Denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks in Australia and around the world.

But under the measures, anyone in Australia who use their resources or provide them with assets could have up to 10 years in prison and steep fines.

"These sanctions don't just impose costs on criminals, they dismantle the infrastructure that ena

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