Canadian pej xeem Sebastian Vachon-Desjardins netted tsawg kawg $21 lab hauv bitcoin los ntawm ransomware tawm tsam ntawm tsev kho mob, tsev kawm ntawv, thiab tub ceev xwm. Hnub Tuesday, Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees (DoJ) tau tshaj tawm tus kws txiav txim plaub ntug hauv tebchaws Meskas tau txiav txim rau nws rau 20 xyoo tom qab tuav.
Lub hnub nyoog 35 xyoo tau koom nrog NetWalker, ib pab pawg neeg nyob hauv tebchaws Russia uas tau tawm tsam kev tsim kho vaj tse thaum lub sijhawm COVID-19 kis thoob qhov txhia chaw. Cov pab pawg tau muab tus qauv ransomware-as-ib-kev pabcuam thiab yuav nyiag cov ntaub ntawv tuam txhab ua ntej thov bitcoin.
Cov kws lij choj tau hais tias: “Hauv qhov no [Vachon-Desjardins] siv cov txheej txheem thev naus laus zis los siv ntau pua tus neeg raug tsim txom hauv ntau lub tebchaws ntawm qhov siab ntawm kev noj qab haus huv thoob ntiaj teb, "(ntawm DoJ, peb qhov tseem ceeb).
NetWalker ua haujlwm thoob plaws 30 lub teb chaws thiab tsom mus rau 400 tus neeg raug tsim txom, rho tawm ~ $ 40 lab hauv bitcoin ransom them. Vachon-Desjardins tau hais tias tau pab txhawb rau ib feem peb ntawm cov ransomware tawm tsam. Ua ntej no, nws ua haujlwm hauv ib lub tuam tsev IT rau tsoomfwv Canadian.
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Tus Canadian tau hem lub tuam txhab Tampa Bay thaum lub Plaub Hlis 2020 ntawm qhov siab ntawm kev sib kis. Nws muaj peev xwm nkag mus rau lub tuam txhab lub computer network thiab kis ransomware. Hnub tom qab, cov neeg ua haujlwm nkag mus nrhiav cov lus piav qhia tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv raug encrypted. Yog hais tias lawv sim reboot lawv lub computer, cov ntaub ntawv yuav ploj.
Cov lus suav nrog cov lej thiab qhov txuas mus rau NetWalker's TOR site. Cov neeg siv tuaj yeem nkag mus rau tus lej ua ntej tau txais tus nqe txhiv nrog cov lus qhia. Vachon-Desjardins thov $300,000 hauv bitcoin.
“Nyob zoo! Koj cov ntaub ntawv raug encrypted los ntawm NetWalker, "cov lus hais. "Yog tias qee qhov laj thawj koj nyeem cov ntawv no ua ntej qhov kev zais zais, qhov no tuaj yeem nkag siab los ntawm qhov tseeb tias lub khoos phis tawj qeeb, thiab koj lub plawv dhia tau nce ..."
"Rau peb qhov no tsuas yog kev lag luam," nws kuj tau nyeem.
Cov tub ceev xwm Asmeskas tau thov Vachon-Desjardins raug ntes. Tub ceev xwm Canadian ntes nws hauv Quebec thaum Lub Ib Hlis 27, 2021. Tom qab tshawb nrhiav nws lub tsev, tub ceev xwm ntes tau ntau dua $ 740,000 hauv Canadian duas thiab 719 bitcoin, muaj nqis yuav luag $22 lab thaum lub sijhawm thiab $14.5 lab niaj hnub no.
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Thaum txiav txim rau Vachon-Desjardin, Tus Kws Txiav Txim Tebchaws Meskas William Jung tau hais tias: "Koj muaj ib qho xwm txheej phem tshaj plaws uas kuv tau pom, Qhov no yog Jesse James ntsib lub xyoo pua 21st."
“Nws yog cov khoom tsis zoo. Yog tias koj tau mus sim, Kuv yuav tau muab txoj sia rau koj, ”nws tshaj tawm (peb qhov tseem ceeb).
Vachon-Desjardins 'tus kws lij choj tau sim sib cav txog nqe lus tsawg dua, thov tias nws tsis tau ua txhaum cai ua ntej hauv nws lub neej. Lub hnub nyoog 35 xyoo tau lees txim txhaum thaum Lub Xya Hli mus rau kev foob ntawm kev dag hauv computer thiab xov tooj dag, thiab lwm yam.
Nws pom zoo forfeit nws ransomware khwv tau thiab nyob rau lub Ib Hlis lub tsev hais plaub yuav txiav txim siab npaum li cas nws tshuav nws cov neeg raug tsim txom. Nws muaj xaiv kom nyob ntsiag to txog nws cov neeg koom tes.
Yog xav paub ntxiv txog xov xwm, ua raws li peb ntawm Twitter thiab Google Xov Xwm los yog mloog peb cov podcast tshawb nrhiav Innovated: Blockchain City.
Tau qhov twg los: https://protos.com/canadian-hacker-found-with-over-700-bitcoin-sentenced-to-20-years/