REvil Ransomware Affiliate Sentenced for 13 Years in Prison

A Ukrainian national, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, has been sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison.

Vasinskyi, known in the cyber underworld as Rabotnik, was also ordered to pay over $16 million in restitution for his role in orchestrating more than 2,500 ransomware attacks worldwide, demanding over $700 million in ransom payments.

A Global Threat Neutralized

Yaroslav Vasinskyi’s criminal activities spanned across the globe, targeting thousands of computers with the notorious Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware variant.

This malicious software encrypted data on victim computers, enabling Vasinskyi and his co-conspirators to demand ransom payments in cryptocurrency.

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