The Protected · Companion to The Bloodline

Wanted in the West.
Protected at home.

Ninety-six names, graded. Who holds the roof, who stands under it, and what it would take to make the arrangement expensive.

96 named individuals 3 files live Tier 1 first

The Root · 2007–2014

The Business Club

Zeus. GameOver Zeus. The crew that turned bank fraud into an institution and became the common ancestor of every Russian ransomware brand that followed. Every name below came out of this room.

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Penchukov (Tank) arrest · WIRED

Tier 1 · The Architect

Evgeniy Bogachev

Slavik

Author of Zeus and GameOver Zeus. The most-wanted cybercriminal on the FBI list, a standing bounty, and life untouched inside Russia.

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Tier 1 · The CEO

Vitaly Kovalev

Stern

The businessman behind TrickBot and Conti. A fortune visible on-chain, held one name removed, and nothing seized.

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Tier 1 · The In-Law

Maksim Yakubets

Aqua

Evil Corp's leader. He married into the FSB and drew cover pay from the family that once ran Russia's prosecutions. The roof, made of relatives.

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The Protected is a living record. Each file is updated as new material lands rather than treated as one-and-done. Confidence is graded inside every file: Confirmed, Credible, and Analyst inference.