Separately on Monday, Europol announced that law enforcement in Romania had arrested two ransomware hackers associated with the Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware cartel. The moves-which also involved authorities in Poland, Romania, Ukraine, France, Estonia, Latvia and Germany-mark the most significant and co-ordinated effort yet by the US to curb the recent spate of ransomware attacks, in which hackers seize a company’s data and demand a ransom. The US Treasury department said the gang had received more than $200 million in ransom payments in cryptocurrency from its victims. US authorities said both individuals were part of Sodinokibi/REvil, a prolific Russia-linked ransomware gang which has also been blamed for a crippling attack on meat supplier JBS. The US has seized $6.1 million in ransom proceeds from his activities, he added, and he is believed to be abroad. The US has also charged Russian national Yevgeniy Polyanin, 28, for allegedly targeting US government entities and private-sector companies in about 3,000 attacks that reaped an estimated $13 million, Garland said. The attack forced Swedish supermarket chain Coop to close nearly all of its 800 stores. The sprawling hack in July hit information technology management software supplier Kaseya and an estimated 1,500 of its clients and clients’ clients. The US said it is seeking to extradite Vasinskyi, who was arrested in Poland after crossing the border from Ukraine, Merrick Garland, attorney-general, said. The US justice department on Monday said it had charged Ukrainian Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 22, for allegedly conducting one of the largest global supply chain ransomware attacks, the Kaseya hack, among others. US authorities have brought criminal charges against a Ukrainian and a Russian national for their roles in high-profile ransomware attacks, as part of a sprawling global crackdown on digital extortion groups. Russian national Yevgeniy Polyanin remains at large.
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