A U.S. federal court judge sentenced a Gatineau man to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for using ransomware to extort millions of dollars from companies, municipalities and hospitals.
Sebastian Vachon-Desjardins, 35, pleaded guilty to using a sophisticated form of ransomware known as NetWalker to target victims all over the world during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a media release on Tuesday.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
When police raided Vachon-Desjardins’ Gatineau home and arrested him on Jan. 27, 2021, they seized $742,840 and 719 Bitcoin, valued at approximately $21,849,087 at the time and $14,463,993 as of today.Vachon-Desjardins is a former employee of the Government of Canada.Article content
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