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United States of America: Sanctions against entities from Russia and the UAE for theft of US government cyber tools

Announcement

24 Feb 2026

In February 2026, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned three entities based in the United Arab Emirates and Russia in connection with theft and sale of the US government cyber tools.

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1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

24 Feb 2026

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 24 Feb 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments In force
On 24 February 2026, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three entities based in the United Arab Emirates and Russia in connection with theft and sal...
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