Canadian Extradited to US Over Cryptomining Hacks on University Supercomputers
Two Canadian men face federal prosecution in New York after allegedly orchestrating a multi-year cyber incursion campaign that hijacked computing resources across American universities to secretly mine cryptocurrency.
A federal grand jury indicted Ryan James Roach, 35, of Saskatchewan, and Mathiew James Stubbings, 41, of Ontario, on charges of conspiracy to obtain information and cause damage to protected computers, obtaining information from a protected computer, and intentional computer damage.
Roach was extradited from Canada on October 28, while extradition proceedings against Stubbings remain underway before Canadian courts.
According to the indictment, the intrusions spanned from June 2016 through December 2019, compromising systems at academic institutions in New York, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
The two allegedly set up multi-country virtual private server infrastructure using fraudulent identities to manage the campaign. “These servers transmitted malware and mining software to victim computers and stored stolen login credentials,” the DOJ explained.
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