WASHINGTON, May 2 — A Ukrainian man was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison in Texas on Wednesday for his role in ransomware attacks by the notorious Russia-based REvil...
Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 24, who was extradited to the United States from Poland in 2022, pleaded guilty that same year to charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering and damaging protected computers. — Reuters picWASHINGTON, May 2 — A Ukrainian man was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison in Texas on Wednesday for his role in ransomware attacks by the notorious Russia-based REvil hacking group, the US Justice Department said.
Vasinskyi, also known as Rabotnik, was sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison and ordered to pay US$16 million in restitution for his involvement in more than 2,500 ransomware attacks. Among the companies targeted by REvil — an amalgam of ransomware and evil — was Kaseya, which provides IT services to some 40,000 businesses globally.
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