The Department of Justice building is seen in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
Karen Vardanyan and his co-conspirators allegedly deployed ransomware on hundreds of machines in 2019 and 2020, extorting more than $15 million from victims at the time.
Europol said the service was used as part of malware distribution, ransomware operations and other cybercrime activities.
Jan 18, 2022
This photograph taken on February 10, 2021 shows the entrance of the hospital centre of Dax, southwestern France, after the hospital was the target of a major computer attack attributed to a ransomware in the night of February 8 to February 9. (Photo by IROZ GAIZKA/AFP via Getty Images)
Threat briefings are being held for hospital executives, federal officials are appealing for more data and hospitals are hardening their computer networks.