Ukrainian hacker gets four years in US prison over Conti ransomware attacks
A Ukrainian national was sentenced to four years in a U.S. prison for his role in the notorious Conti ransomware operation, which targeted more than 1,000 victims worldwide before shutting down in 2022.
A Ukrainian national was sentenced to four years in a U.S. prison for his role in the notorious Conti ransomware operation, which targeted more than 1,000 victims worldwide before shutting down in 2022.
Oleksii Lytvynenko, 44, worked as both a hacker and developer for Conti, personally targeting at least a dozen companies and helping build malicious tools used by the group, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.
Lytvynenko, who previously lived in Cork, Ireland, pleaded guilty in June. The police found data stolen from eight U.S. victims and four others overseas in his online accounts.
Source: https://therecord.media/conti-ransomware-ukraine-hacker
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