The Department of Justice announced charges on Tuesday against a Ukrainian national who the government alleges is responsible for hundreds of ransomware attacks that targeted both U.S. and international companies.
Volodymyr Tymoshchuk, also known as “deadforz,” “Boba,” “msfv,” and “farnetwork,” has been charged by the DOJ for his role in schemes that extorted more than 250 companies across the United States and hundreds more around the world. Tymoshchuk remains a fugitive.
“Tymoshchuk is a serial ransomware criminal who targeted blue-chip American companies, health care institutions, and large foreign industrial firms, and threatened to leak their sensitive data online if they refused to pay,” United States Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. said in an official statement.
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