Canadian Man Arrested For Alleged Involvement In Lockbit Ransomware Campaign
Vasiliev is in custody in Canada and is awaiting extradition to the United States. The United States Department of Justice has charged Vasiliev with “conspiracy to damage protected computers and to transmit ransom demands” and if convicted, can face a maximum of 5 years in prison. The French National Gendarmerie led the investigation with the help of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre, Canadian Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the FBI. According to Europol, the LockBit operator was one of Europol’s high-value targets because of his involvement in many high-profile ransomware cases....