RedLine is a highly popular information-stealing malware (infostealer) that first emerged in early 2020 and quickly became one of the most widely used tools for cybercriminals worldwide. It is distributed under a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model, allowing even less technically skilled attackers to rent and deploy it for their own malicious purposes.
Maxim Alexandrovich Rudometov is identified by US and international law enforcement as the primary creator and operator of the RedLine malware. Rudometov was born in Ukraine in 1999 but is believed to have fled to Krasnodar, Russia, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. He is currently wanted by US authorities, who are offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to his identification or location