Ukrainian Arrested, Charged With Kaseya Ransomware Attack
A 22-year-old Ukrainian national was arrested and charged with the ransomware attack on Kaseya (see 2109210055), DOJ announced Monday. Authorities seized $6.1 million linked to alleged ransomware attackers, the department said. An indictment unsealed Monday charged Yaroslav Vasinskyi with “conducting…
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ransomware attacks against multiple victims, including the July 2021 attack against Kaseya.” Officials traced the alleged payments to Yevgeniy Polyanin, a 28-year-old Russian national, who was “charged with conducting Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware attacks against multiple victims” in Texas in 2019, DOJ said. The department credited Ukrainian authorities for assisting with the efforts.