FBI Director Ray on hackers: we can stop those hiding in Russia 
FBI Director Christopher Ray has warned of “the long arm of the law »Hackers who are supposedly hiding in Russia from the US authorities. He stated this during a press conference, RIA Novosti reports.
This is how he commented on the charges in the case of cyber extortion in the amount of up to 13 million dollars against the Russian Yevgeny Polyanin.
“Long arm the law can reach much further than they think, and we can thwart those hiding in places like Russia. Polyanin realized this when he woke up and found that $ 6.1 million, which he received by extortion from his victims, had disappeared, ”Ray said. Russian citizen Evgenia Polyanina was charged in a cyber extortion case in the amount of up to $ 13 million. According to him, the REvil program affected about 175 thousand computers around the world, the cybercriminals were paid at least $ 200 million in ransom.
On November 8, it became known that the US authorities are planning to present Russian citizen Yevgeny Polyanin and Ukrainian citizen Yaroslav Vasinsky conspiracy charges for fraud and money laundering. Both suspects are believed to be members of the REvil organization.