Canada Charges Its “Most Prolific Cybercriminal”
Summary: Canadian authorities charged 31-year-old Matthew Philbert of Ottawa, Ontario with fraud and conspiracy in a joint Canadian-U.S. action called Project CODA, following an investigation that began in January 2020 when the FBI contacted the Ontario Provincial Police about ransomware attacks based in Canada. OPP Detective Inspector Matt Watson said Philbert is the most prolific cybercriminal identified to date in Canada, with more than a thousand victims identified, many of them small businesses struggling during COVID.
Why it matters: More than a thousand victims, largely small businesses that were barely surviving the pandemic, trace back to one operator whom Canadian police call the most prolific they have identified, and the indictment's conspiracy charge suggests he did not act alone.
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