Maksim Silnikau received a 16-year prison sentence for creating and operating Ransom Cartel, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platform that operated from 2021 to 2023. The operation targeted at least 18 companies across the United States and internationally, representing a significant law enforcement action against cybercrime infrastructure providers.
A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, sentenced Maksim Silnikau to 16 years in prison on August 5 for creating and running Ransom Cartel, the ransomware-as-a-service operation he stood up in 2021. Between 2021 and 2023, Ransom Cartel conspirators attacked at least 18 companies, including firms in California, New York and Nebraska, and others abroad, according to the Justice Department.
Originally published at thehackernews.com
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