Meeting this threat requires a whole-of-government approach. Together, with our partners, the Justice Department is sparing no resource to identify, and bring to justice, anyone, anywhere, who targets the United States with a ransomware attack.
Today, we are announcing that we are bringing to justice an alleged perpetrator of a significant, wide-reaching ransomware attack. On July 2, the multi-national information software company Kaseya, and its customers, were attacked by one of the most prolific strains of ransomware, known as REvil or Sodinokibi.
As a result of the Kaseya attack, businesses that relied on Kaseya's services across the United States and around the world were impacted. Six weeks later, on August 11, the Justice Department indicted Yaroslav Vasinskyi — also known by the online moniker, Rabotnik. The indictment, which was previously under seal, charges him with conspiring to commit intentional damage to protected computers and to extort in relation to that damage; causing intentional damage to protected computers; and conspiring to commit money laundering.
The indictment charges that Vasinskyi and co-conspirators authored REvil software; installed it on victims' computers, resulting in encryption of the victims' data, including in the July 2 attack; demanded ransom payments from those victims; and then laundered those payments. Two months after the indictment, on October 8, Vasinskyi crossed the border from Ukraine into Poland.
There, upon our request, Polish authorities arrested him pursuant to a provisional arrest warrant. We have now requested that he be extradited from Poland to the United States pursuant to the extradition treaty between our countries. Ransomware attacks are fueled by criminal profits. That is why we are not just pursuing the individuals responsible for those attacks. We are also committed to capturing their illicit profits and returning them, whenever we can, to the victims from whom they were extorted.
And that brings me to our second announcement today. As set forth in the public filings related to the seizure, Polyanin, whom we also charged by indictment, is alleged to have conducted approximately 3, ransomware attacks.
We are also announcing the unsealing of an indictment against Polyanin. Like the indictment against Vasinskyi, he is charged with conspiring to commit intentional damage to protected computers and to extort in relation to that damage; causing intentional damage to protected computers; and conspiring to commit money laundering. Today, and now for the second time in five months, we announce the seizure of digital proceeds of ransomware deployed by a transnational criminal group. This will not be the last time.
The U. But while today's announcements mark important successes, I want to emphasize that we all must play a role in improving our cyber defenses.
This includes the American business community. Being vigilant and investing resources in cybersecurity should be a high profile priority for all of us. In addition, when ransomware attacks do occur, law enforcement's ability to respond depends in large part on whether — and how promptly — the victim reports the attack.
Failure to timely report also puts other potential victims in jeopardy. It deprives investigators of the information they need to forestall or mitigate other attacks. Last Name. Share this page. Follow Ballotpedia.
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