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Ransomware hacker sentenced to over 13 years imprisonment

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Vasinskyi was involved in a ransomware scheme that stole $700m from victims.

Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national, has been sentenced to 13 years and seven months imprisonment for being involved in a ransom group that carrying out over 2,500 ransomware attacks and demanding over $700m in ransom payments. He has also been ordered to pay more than $16m in restitution.

Vasinskyi, 24, also known

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