REvil Ransom Arrest, $6M Seizure, and $10M Reward
Summary: The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a 22-year-old Ukrainian national accused of deploying REvil ransomware as Affiliate #22, including in the July 2021 attack on Kaseya; he was arrested Oct. 8 in Poland and is awaiting extradition. The DOJ also seized $6.1 million in cryptocurrency traceable to alleged ransom payments received by Yevgeniy Igorevich Polyanin, a 28-year-old Russian national alleged to be Affiliate #23, and the State Department is offering up to $10 million for information on key REvil leaders and up to $5 million on affiliates.
Key Takeaway: REvil has extorted hundreds of millions from victim organizations, and the $6.1 million seizure represents a fraction of that, so the reward offer is the lever the government is now pulling to reach the group's leadership.
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