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The Department of Justice announced on Monday, Nov. 8, that it successfully seized $6.1 million collected in ransom. Along with that came the filing of criminal charges against two notorious Eastern Europeans, alleged to be associated with the REvil ransomware that wreaked havoc across the world this year.
Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a 22-year-old Ukrainian national, was arrested last month in Poland and is waiting to be extradited to the United States. He has been accused of deploying REvil, which was weaponized against American companies, costing them millions in ransom payments.
He was specifically charged in connection to a cyberattack against Kaseya, a software firm, on July 4 that affected hundreds of its client companies across the country. More than 1,500 entities — including schools, railroads, and stores – were impacted. Documents unsealed on Monday accused Vasinskyi of conducting about 2,500 ransomware attacks in total– demanding $767 million and receiving $2.3 million.
A 28-year-old Russian national, Yevgeniy Polyanin, who remains at large, faces charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering, damaging protected computers, and conspiracy to commit fraud. He has been accused of launching 3,000 cyber-attacks using REvil and attempting to extort $13 million from a range of victims, including U.S. law enforcement agencies.
The $6 million seized by the United States is allegedly linked to payments received by Polyanin. The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on both Vasinskyi and Polyanin and exchanges in cryptocurrency suspected to have moved money for ransomware criminals. Sending a Message to Hackers
Attorney General Merrick Garland said, “Our message today is clear: the United States, together with our allies, will do everything in our power to identify the perpetrators of ransomware attacks, to bring them to justice, and to recover the funds they have stolen from their victims.” His department is committed to securing Polyanin and Vasinskyi’s “illicit profits and returning them whenever we can to the victims who were extorted.” Garland reiterated that he is dedicated to taking down cybercriminals who have conducted attacks or pose a threat to national security or Americans’ well-being.
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