Ukrainian, Russian Charged in US Ransomware Attacks

WASHINGTON - U.S. prosecutors on Monday said they had charged a Ukrainian man with launching a July ransomware attack on an American firm that had infected 1,500 businesses throughout the world.

Authorities also announced they had seized $6 million in ransom payments made to a Russian national accused of launching more than 3,000 other attacks targeting American companies.

An indictment filed in the southwe

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