Canada Sentences LockBit Hacker Mikhail Vasiliev to 4 Years

Dual Canadian-Russian National Also Agrees to US Extradition
LockBit ransomware affiliate Mikhail Vasiliev on Tuesday received a nearly four-year prison sentence in Canada and consented to extradition to the United States, where he faces charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. He must also pay CA$860,000 in restitution to his Canadian victims.

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