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Russian hacker charged for ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure

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The Department of State has also announced a $10m bounty for information on Mikhail Matveev.

Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, a key actor in the Russian ransomware ecosystem, has been charged by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) with using three different ransomware variants to attack numerous victims throughout the US. Law enforcement agencies in Washington, D.C. and New Jersey were attacked, including other nationwide targets in