Ib tug txiv neej Canadian xa mus rau Asmeskas hnub Wednesday tom qab raug liam tias ua ransomware tawm tsam xyoo 2020.
Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins, 34, los ntawm Quebec, raug liam tias tau ua ntau ntau ntawm ransomware tawm tsam thaum lub Plaub Hlis thiab Kaum Ob Hlis 2020, raws li Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees. Qee qhov $ 28.2 lab hauv bitcoin tau ntes los ntawm Canadian cov tub ceev xwm thaum ntxov 2021 nrog rau kev tshawb nrhiav.
Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Qib Siab San Francisco yog ib qho ntawm nws lub hom phiaj raug liam thiab tau hais tias tau them nyiaj ntau dua $ 1.1 lab kom rov nkag tau rau lawv cov ntaub ntawv, raws li Toronto Sun. Canadian ntawv xov xwm hais tias Vachon-Desjardins yog tus kws tshaj lij hauv computer ua haujlwm los ntawm tseemfwv qib siab ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Pabcuam Hauv Pej Xeem thiab Kev Muag Khoom thiab raug tshem tawm tom qab raug ntes hauv 2021.
Tebchaws Asmeskas npaj yuav thim ntau dua $ 27 lab uas tau liam tias tuaj yeem taug qab mus rau qhov ua txhaum cai Vachon-Desjardins raug foob, raws li cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub.
"Raws li ua piv txwv los ntawm kev txeeb ntawm cryptocurrency los ntawm peb cov neeg koom tes hauv Canadian, peb yuav siv txhua txoj hauv kev uas muaj raws cai los mus nrhiav kev ntes thiab rhuav tshem cov nyiaj tau los ntawm ransomware, txawm nyob hauv tsev lossis txawv teb chaws," said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr.
Vachon-Desjardins ntsib kev tsub nqi ntawm kev koom tes ua txhaum lub computer kev dag ntxias thiab xov tooj dag, txhob txwm ua phem rau lub khoos phis tawj tiv thaiv thiab xa cov lus thov cuam tshuam txog kev puas tsuaj rau lub khoos phis tawj tiv thaiv.
Nws liam tias siv NetWalker ransomware, uas ua haujlwm raws li lub npe hu ua ransomware-as-service qauv. Nws tau raug siv los tsom mus rau cov tsev kawm qib siab, tuam txhab, nroog thiab tsev kho mob thaum muaj kev sib kis thoob ntiaj teb, raws li Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees, uas tau tshaj tawm xyoo tas los rau kev siv zog thoob ntiaj teb txhawm rau txhawm rau siv NetWalker.
Cov tub ceev xwm Canadian tau ntes Vachon-Desjardins thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2021 tom qab ua ntawv ceeb toom ntawm nws lub tsev hauv nroog Gatineau. Lawv pom 719 BTC thiab C $ 790,000.
Nws tau raug xa rov qab los ntawm qhov kev foob los ntawm Middle District of Florida thiab tau teem sijhawm kom muaj nws thawj lub tsev hais plaub rau hnub Thursday. FBI tab tom tshawb xyuas qhov xwm txheej.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137319/alleged-ransomware-attacker-extradited-to-the-us-28-2-million-in-bitcoin-seized?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss