Security News > 2021 > November > US seizes $6 million from REvil ransomware, arrest Kaseya hacker
The United States Department of Justice today has announced charges against a REvil ransomware affiliate responsible for the attack against the Kaseya MSP platform on July 2nd and seizing more than $6 million from another REvil partner.
He is one of the seven REvil ransomware affiliates that have been apprehended so far, in ample international efforts to combat the ransomware threat.
According to the indictment, Vasinskyi is a long-time affiliate of the REvil ransomware operation, being part of it since at least March 1st, 2019, and deployed about 2,500 attacks against businesses worldwide.
In contrast, the entire REvil ransomware operation received more than $200 million since it started activity and encrypted at least 175,000 computers.
The DoJ also announced that law enforcement seized $6.1 million from another REvil ransomware affiliate, Yevgeniy Polyanin, who is currently at large.
Previously, the U.S. has recovered $4.4 million of the ransomware payment that Colonial Pipeline paid to the DarkSide ransomware gang following an attack that lead to temporary gas shortages.
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