U.S. indicts 2 men behind major ransomware attacks

Photo: Russian Yevgeniy Polyanin is one of two men indicted by the U.S. in connection with ransomware attacks last summer. Photo credit: Andrew Harnik / AP. Article by Brian Naylor and Carrie Johnson. NPR – November 8, 2021.

The Justice Department says authorities have indicted two men in connection with a wave of ransomware attacks that, among other targets, shut down a meat processing company and an internet software provider earlier this year. Attorney General Merrick Garland says one of the men, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 22, a Ukrainian, […]

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