Operating under the pseudonym Rabotnik, the 24-year-old hacker played a key role in the REvil network and used a variant of the ransomware to extort large amounts of money from victims around the world, including Assistant US Attorney Lisa in the United States. Monaco said.

Custody

Wasinsky was detained at the border between Ukraine and Poland in 2021 and was extradited to the United States a year later. He pleaded guilty in a Texas courtroom on 11 chargesincluding conspiracy to commit fraud, hacking of secure computer systems and conspiracy to launder money.

Thanks to the efforts of the US Department of Justice, the money allocated for the ransom was seized. 39.89138522 bitcoins and 6.1 million dollars, obtained as a result of ransomware attacks. The investigation also revealed that REvil was involved in the illegal financial activities of another member, Russian citizen Yevhen Polyanin.

How did the hackers act?

Cybercriminals stole sensitive data and used it for ransom before encrypting victims’ files.

REvil’s targets included IT infrastructure management software developer Kaseya and JBS Foods, the world’s largest meat producer; both were victims of the group’s malicious activities in 2019.

Later that year, a coordinated operation by law enforcement agencies allowed them to gain control over REvil’s infrastructure. These actions appear to have forced the group to cease its activities, despite some efforts to resurrect it from the dead.