Security News > 2019 > April > U.K. Man Gets Six-Year Sentence for Global Ransomware Scheme

Authorities Say He Spent Ransom Proceeds on Luxury Goods, GamblingA 24-year-old man living in England has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for his role in a ransomware scheme that targeted millions of computers across 20 countries, the U.K.'s National Crime Agency announced Tuesday.

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