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Ukrainian Nefilim and Hive Affiliate Artem Stryzhak Jailed for 70 MonthsArtem Stryzhak gets 70 months for Nefilim and Hive ransomware attacks targeting hospitals, government agencies and businesses in the US and overseas.
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Hive and Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Gets 70 Months In JailArtem Stryzhak gets 70 months in prison for Hive and Nefilim ransomware attacks, while the FBI offers $11 million for his alleged co-conspirator. A federal court in Brooklyn has sentenced Artem Stryzhak , a Ukrainian national, to 70 months in prison for using ransomware to extort millions of dollars from victims. The…
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Serial ransomware crook gets 70 months behind bars for Nefilim, Hive rolesUkrainian ransomware crook Artem Stryzhak has been sentenced to 70 months in the slammer by a New York federal court for his role as an affiliate of the Nefilim and Hive ransomware gangs. Prosecutors believe the cybercriminal began working with Nefilim in or around June 2021, while living in Barcelona, Spain. The…
CyberScoopMedium
Prolific Hive and Nefilim ransomware affiliate sentenced to 70 months in prisonA 36-year-old Ukrainian national was sentenced to 70 months in prison for participating in a string of ransomware attacks targeting various critical infrastructure operators and businesses from the middle of 2018 to late 2021, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Artem Aleksandrovych Stryzhak was involved in…
CyberScoopMedium
What happens when security tools go dark before the ransomwareOn Oct. 1, threat researchers reported that the China-linked group behind Warlock ransomware, which Microsoft tracks as Storm-2603, had attacked at least four organizations in the prior two months. A water utility and a telecommunications provider were among them, along with a regional government body and a…
Graham CluleyMedium
Police arrest Qilin ransomware suspect on holiday, as links made to Synnovis hack that contributed to patient’s deathA 28-year-old Russian man has been arrested by German police, suspected of being a key member of the Qilin ransomware gang. Detectives have linked the man to the attack against blood-testing firm Synnovis, that disrupted London hospitals, and resulted in the death of a patient. Read more in my article on the Hot for…
Feds Suspect Ransom Negotiator Ran ShinyHunters Extortion Site
U.S. federal investigators pursuing the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently stole highly sensitive data from the FBI have identified executives at two different ransomware negotiation firms who maintained unusually close relations with the extortion group, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Sources close to the…
Graham CluleyMedium
Ukrainian ransomware developer jailed for nearly 13 yearsA court in Zurich has sentenced a Ukrainian man to 12 years and nine months in prison, and banned him from Switzerland for ten years, for developing ransomware that blackmailed companies around the world. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Kaspersky SecurelistMedium
Group Policy hijacked: PAYLOAD ransomware weaponizes Active Directory GPOExecutive summary In April 2026, we at Kaspersky’s Global Emergency Response Team (GERT) responded to a security incident at a manufacturing organization in the Middle East. The threat actor obtained domain admin-equivalent control of the organization’s Active Directory environment and authored a malicious Group…