September 13, 2026
- Two ransomware sentencings landed this week. Oleksii Lytvynenko got four years in the US for wire fraud conspiracy tied to Conti, which infected more than 1,000 victims worldwide (DOJ, The Record). Separately, a Zurich court handed a Ukrainian IT specialist 12 years and nine months as the lead developer of LockerGoga, MegaCortex and Nefilim, including the theft of ~500 GB from Stadler Rail, with total damage put at about CHF 100 million ($123 million) (SWI swissinfo). · Threat Intelligence & Incidents
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