CERT24Ukrainian national pleads guilty to role in Conti ransomware operation
The U.S. Department of Justice said that Ukrainian national Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with the Conti ransomware operation. Prosecutors said Conti ransomware was deployed against victim networks in the United States and abroad between 2021 and 2022 to steal data and encrypt devices in an effort to extort Bitcoin ransom payments.