U.S. charges Ukrainian, Russian, over cyberattack, seizes $6 million in ransom payments

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By Mark Hosenball and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has charged a suspect from Ukraine and a Russian national over a July ransomware attack on an American company, according to indictments made in court filings on Monday, and has seized $6 million in ransom payments. Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national arrested in Poland last month, will face U.S. charges for deploying ransomware known as REvil, which has been used in hacks that have cost U.S. firms millions of dollars, the court filing showed. Vasinskyi conducted a ransomware attack over the July 4 weekend on Flor…

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