I mean really the arrest warrants or sanctions are just feel good PR for the agencies issuing them to let the public they are "doing something". It's the only thing they can do. For example, they aint ever going to pop a North Korean threat actor bc they simply cant travel at will.
They do pop Russians traveling outside of the CIS country region on vacation[1].
>According to Europol, a suspected LockBit ransomware developer was arrested in August 2024 at the request of French authorities while on holiday outside of Russia.
One of my favorite quotes about these hackers in CIS is, "Who cares if you have hundreds of millions of dollars, you are still stuck in Russia or the CIS region for the rest of your life".
They do pop Russians traveling outside of the CIS country region on vacation[1].
>According to Europol, a suspected LockBit ransomware developer was arrested in August 2024 at the request of French authorities while on holiday outside of Russia.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrest...
One of my favorite quotes about these hackers in CIS is, "Who cares if you have hundreds of millions of dollars, you are still stuck in Russia or the CIS region for the rest of your life".