The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged a suspect from Ukraine and a Russian national over a July ransomware attack against a U.S. company and also seized some $6 million in ransom payments, according to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Chris Wray. Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national arrested in Poland last month, will face federal charges for deploying ransomware known as REvil, which has been linked to hacks that have cost companies millions of dollars, the DOJ said in a court filing on Monday. Vasinskyi carried out a ransomware attack over the Fourth of July weekend on Florida-based software firm Kaseya that infected up to 1,500 businesses around the world and the United States, according to the charges. “This will not be the last time,” Garland said, adding that the United States will pursue other alleged ransomware actors. Garland, speaking at a news conference, announced that another alleged ransomware …
Garland: $6 Million in Ransomware Payments Seized, Man Charged Over Major Cyberattack
November 8, 2021
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