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U.S. Authorities Seek the Extradition of a Ukrainian Man Suspected of Being Involved With REvil

President Joe Biden on Monday said new law enforcement cases targeting the REvil ransomware gang had made good on a warning he gave months ago to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the U.S. “would hold cybercriminals accountable.”

Biden’s comment came hours after the Department of Justice said it had seized more than $6 million in ransom payments linked to attacks by the Russia-linked REvil gang, and had filed criminal charges against two men suspected of orchestrating cyberattacks using that ransomware program

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland at a press conference said federal prosecutors are seeking the extradition of one of those men, Ukraine national Yaroslav Vasinskyi, who was arrested last month at the request of the U.S. government as he tried to enter Poland from Ukraine.

Read the source article at cnbc.com

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