<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australia and other western nations today slapped sanctions on two Russian cybercrime service providers accused of allowing criminals to carry out cyber attacks.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Media Land LLC and its sister company ML Cloud, and two senior staff Aleksandr Alexandrovich Volosovik and Kirill Andreevich Zatolokin, have been sanctioned by Australia, the US, and Britain.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The federal government accuses the organisations of helping supply ransomware infrastructure to malicious cyber actors and cybercriminals.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/finance/nvidia-earnings-will-shed-a-light-on-whether-big-tech-is-fueling-an-ai-boom-or-bubble/deb139da-4f59-47bb-8905-58b9f42fa8b7" rel="" target="_blank" title="Nvidia earnings will shed a light on whether Big Tech is fuelling an AI boom or bubble"><strong><span>Nvidia earnings will shed a light on whether Big Tech is fuelling an AI boom or bubble</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Defence Minister Richard Marles says Media Land has enabled criminals to conduct attacks against Australian financial institutions, businesses, their customers and critical international infrastructure.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"These sanctions don't just impose costs on criminals, they dismantle the infrastructure that enables cybercrime.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"By disrupting these networks, we make it harder for others to launch attacks and it strengthens Australia's resilience against future threats."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/australia-sanctions-russian-cybercrime-network-provider/66473a90-0083-4a68-a315-ea6385801d44" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The sanctions announced today make it a criminal offence to provide assets to either Media Land entity or the two sanctioned individuals, or to use or deal with their assets.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Breaching the measures can lead to penalties of up to 10 years imprisonment and/or heavy fines. The sanctions also ban the individuals from entering Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The federal government says Australian individuals and businesses lose lose billions of dollars to cyber scams every year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>To report a cybercrime, call the Australian Signals Directorate on 1300 CYBER1 (1300 292 371) or make an </span><a href="https://www.cyber.gov.au/report-and-recover/report" rel="" target="_blank" title="online "><span>online</span></a><span> report.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>