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Latvian national sentenced for ransomware attacks run by former Conti leaders

Matt Kapko · 18 hours ago · Read original ↗

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“latvian national sentenced for ransomware attacks run by former conti leaders a federal judge sentenced a latvian national to 102 months in prison for his involvement in a series of ransomware attacks for more than two years prior to his arrest in 2023, the justice department sai…”
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“new targets after a massive leak exposed chats between the group ’ s members in 2022. conti disbanded later that year, but members of the cyrillic - language group rebranded under three subgroups : zeon, black basta and quantum, which quickly rebranded to royal, before rebranding…”
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“complex cryptocurrency patterns while they attack american victims from non - extradition countries, ” dominick s. gerace ii, u. s. attorney for the southern district of ohio, said in a statement. “ but zolotarjovs ’ s prosecution shows that federal law enforcement also has a glo…”
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“complex cryptocurrency patterns while they attack american victims from non - extradition countries, ” dominick s. gerace ii, u. s. attorney for the southern district of ohio, said in a statement. “ but zolotarjovs ’ s prosecution shows that federal law enforcement also has a glo…”
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“##ed nearly $ 16 million in confirmed ransom payments from their victims. officials estimate the group ’ s crimes resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, not including the psychological and future financial exposure confronting tens of thousands of people whose per…”
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“complex cryptocurrency patterns while they attack american victims from non - extradition countries, ” dominick s. gerace ii, u. s. attorney for the southern district of ohio, said in a statement. “ but zolotarjovs ’ s prosecution shows that federal law enforcement also has a glo…”

Summary

Deniss Zolotarjovs was mostly tasked with putting pressure on the Russia-based crew’s victims, in one case leaking hundreds of children’s health records.

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