Russia's Interior Ministry says police have arrested three suspects it believes helped build and spread the Meduza infostealer.

A statement issued by spokesperson Irina Volk via the Ministry's Telegram channel on Thursday included video footage of all three arrests of men described as "young IT specialists" who are alleged to have helped create, distribute, and deploy the malware.

Multiple armed officers carried out the arrests, all of which involved breaking down the doors of the alleged cybercriminals' residences using tools such as crowbars and sledgehammers.

The three suspects, who were not named, were said to have begun work on Meduza around two years ago, which aligns with reports from Western security shops like Splunk , which first identified it in 2023.

All three were arrested

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