Ukrainian Hive and Nefilim ransomware affiliate Artem Stryzhak sentenced to 70 months in prison
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Stryzhak was sentenced to 70 months by Judge Pamela K. Chen (EDNY) for conspiracy to commit fraud, extortion and related activity in connection with computers. Court documents say Nefilim administrators gave him access to the ransomware in June 2021 for 20 percent of ransom proceeds, and he used per-victim customised executables, unique decryption keys and ransom notes, plus data theft with threats to publish on 'Corporate Leaks' sites. Targets were mainly firms with over $100 million in revenue in the US, Canada and Australia, researched via online databases after network access. As an early Hive affiliate he hit seven victims, and the FBI's Hive disruption provided a decryption key to one of them. No CVEs or technical indicators are given in the articles; Tymoshchuk, a Nefilim administrator, remains at large with an $11 million State Department reward.
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