LockBit Ransomware Offender Sentenced to Pay $860,000 Following Guilty Plea in Canada
A 34-year-old Russian-Canadian national has received nearly four years in prison in Canada due to his involvement in the LockBit global ransomware scheme. Mikhail Vasiliev, an Ontario resident, was initially arrested in November 2022 and subsequently charged by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) for conspiring to intentionally damage protected…