The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) charged a Ukrainian national and a Russian national for their alleged involvement in ransomware attacks against multiple victims. The ransomware group with which those two suspects are allegedly affiliated has been implicated with the May cyberattack on JBS USA.
Yaroslav Vasinkskyi, 22, a Ukrainian national, and Yevgeniy Polyanin, 28, a Russian national, are accused of deploying Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware to attack businesses and governmental entities, a press release from the DOJ stated.
Vasinskyi was arrested in Poland, where he remains in custody pending proceedings in connection with his requested extradition to the United States.
According to the indictments, Vasinskyi and Polyanin accessed the internal computer networks of several victim companies and deployed Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware to encrypt the data on the computers of victim companies.
The DOJ also stated that $6.1 million in funds traceable to alleged ransom payments received by Polyanin.
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