“When I & nbsp; met with & nbsp; President Putin in & nbsp; June, I & nbsp; clearly told the US that & nbsp; to bring cybercriminals to justice. We & nbsp; did it today & nbsp; & mdash; said in & nbsp; a statement by the head of the White House.
The document was published after it became known that & nbsp; the United States brought charges of & nbsp; cyber fraud against Russian citizen Yevgeny Polyansky and & nbsp; Ukrainian Yaroslav Vasinsky.
“ We & nbsp; use the full power of the federal government to thwart malicious cyber activity and & nbsp; criminals, to strengthen protection in our country, to combat & nbsp; abuse of virtual currency for & nbsp; ransom money, and & nbsp; use international cooperation to & nbsp; to destroy the ransomware ecosystem and & nbsp; & nbsp; ransomware havens & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & mdash; Biden stated.
& Nbsp; he said there is still a lot to be done in this & nbsp; direction, but & nbsp; America has taken important steps to strengthen & nbsp; critical infrastructure.
Biden added that his administration will continue to use all available tools to protect Americans and American interests from cyber threats.
Polyanina and & nbsp; Vasinsky in the & nbsp; USA are suspected of & nbsp; involvement in & nbsp; a hacker group that was engaged in cyber ransomware and & nbsp; received from its victims more than $ 200 million in & nbsp; cryptocurrencies. According to the US Treasury Department, the group members used the Sodinokibi/REvil software, which penetrated about 175 thousand computers around the world. Both were added to the & nbsp; sanctions list.
According to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Polyanin was charged with & nbsp; cyber attacks with & nbsp; the purpose of extortion. According to the & nbsp; opinion of American justice, he & nbsp; received a total of $ 13 million from & nbsp; of his victims, of which more than 6 million were confiscated.
The Russian is 28 years old, as indicated in the FBI orientation, he may be in Barnaul.
Vasinsky is suspected of & nbsp; July cyberattack on & nbsp; IT firm Kaseya and & nbsp; nine more American companies. The Ukrainian is 22 years old, he has already been detained in & nbsp; Poland and & nbsp; are planning to be deported to & nbsp; USA. The young man was charged under & nbsp; 11 counts, including for & nbsp; conspiracy with & nbsp; the purpose of fraud and & nbsp; money laundering, and & nbsp; also for & nbsp; deliberate damage to computers.
The State Department reported that the United States & nbsp; are offering a reward of up to & nbsp; ten million dollars for & nbsp; information to help identify and & nbsp; locate the leaders of the Sodinokibi/REvil faction.