LockBit Ransomware Hacker Ordered to Pay $860,000 After Guilty Plea in Canada
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A Russian-Canadian, Mikhail Vasiliev, was sentenced to nearly four years in Canada for participating in the LockBit ransomware operation after police found deployment instructions, ransomware source code, a control panel, victim lists, and communications with affiliates; he faces restitution and potential U.S. extradition. The article also covers a February 2024 coordinated law-enforcement seizure of LockBit infrastructure and affiliate arrests, the group's dubious attempts to resurface with a new leak site, and related convictions in cryptocurrency money laundering (Bitcoin Fog).
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