Russian hacker to plead guilty to aiding Yanluowang ransomware group A Russian national is set to plead guilty to several charges at the end of the month for his role as a participant in multiple Yanluowang ransomware attacks. Last week, federal prosecutors unsealed court documents for Aleksey Olegovich Volkov, a 25-year-old who was arrested in Rome two years ago. Court documents show evidence proving Volkov served as an initial access broker for the ransomware gang — breaking into the network of victims and then offering his access for a percentage of the ransom. The court documents were first spotted by reporter Seamus Hughes. The indictment lists at least eight victims, two of which paid hackers a total of about $1.5 million to unlock their systems. Volkov received a cut of more than…