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The US Government charged and imposed sanctions on a Ukrainian and a Russian , whom he accused of being behind cyberattacks against US companies and institutions , and seized 6.1 million dollars collected by the suspects as ransom in the hackers.
This was reported by the US Department of Justice in a statement in which he disclosed the charges against the Ukrainian Yaroslav Vasinskyi and the Russian Yevgeniy Polyanin for carrying out alleged ransomware attacks of Sodinokibi / REvil against US targets.
The Russian group REvil, also known as Sodinokibi, is one of the The world’s most prolific and profitable cybercriminal gangs, with more than a million victims.
Washington believes that Sodinokibi / REvil is behind the cyberat later this year against the meat company JBS Foods and the software firm Kaseya, which serves more than 40, 000 organizations worldwide .
Vasinskyi was arrested a month ago in Poland and the US has requested his extradition.
The charges against both suspects, which include fraud and conspiracy to launder money, could carry penalties of up to 115 and 145 years in prison.
The Department of Justice explained that the 6.1 million of dollars that it has seized were part of ransoms received by Polyanin in attacks with “ramsonware.”
On the other hand, the US Treasury announced the imposition sanctions against both defendants and the virtual currency exchange company Chatex “for facilitating transactions” for cyberattacks with “ramsonware” .
As a result of the sanctions, all properties of Treasury-designated persons under US jurisdiction are blocked and US citizens are prohibited. .US. Have transactions with them.
In parallel, the Department of State offered this Monday a reward of 10 millions of dollars for any information that helps to identify or locate any person who holds a leadership position within the Sodinokibi / REvil group.
Likewise, Washington offers 5 million dollars for information that lead to the arrest or conviction in any country of individuals who participate or attempt to take part in cyberattacks orchestrated by that gang of hackers.
With information from Eph.
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