6. Fatherland
Investigators hunt for Maksim Yakubets alleging he is working with the FSB – Russia’s security agency. But does he have a powerful protector?
Investigators hunting for Maksim Yakubets, allege he is working with the FSB – Russia’s security agency. They say the Evil Corp gang has stolen more than $100m from at least 300 victim organisations in 43 countries - but who is the powerful man in Moscow said to be protecting Maksim, their alleged leader? We follow his family’s journey from a humble sausage factory in Ukraine to the Russian high-life – and the frontier of cybercrime.
Hosted by Joe Tidy, the BBC’s cyber correspondent – one of the few Western journalists to have met an alleged member of Evil Corp – and the BBC’s Sarah Rainsford, who spent more than two decades reporting from Moscow.
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- Wed 26 Nov 202504:32GMTBBC World Service
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Cyber Hack
They steal billions: Cyber Hack investigates the cyber gangs accused of causing chaos

