Conti ransomware crew member sentenced to four years in prison
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A 44-year-old Ukrainian national was sentenced to four years in prison for his long-running participation in Conti, a ransomware group that attacked more than 1,000 organizations globally before it disbanded in 2022, the Justice Department said Thursday.
Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, also known as Alexsey Alexseevich Litvinenko, pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy to commit wire fraud as a result of some of those attacks. At that time, he admitted he joined the prolific cybercrime group in September 2021, developed malware and held data on 12 victims, including eight based in the United States.
“For years, the Conti ransomware group executed a sustained and sophisticated campaign that victimized hundreds of organizations across the United States and abroad, including critical infrastructure entities, causing losses in the millions of dollars,” A.