DOJ v. Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko

Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko allegedly conspired with others to deploy Conti ransomware to extort victims and steal their data. According to court filings, the conspirators hacked into victims’ computers and networks, encrypted data, and demanded a ransom to restore victims’ access to their files and to avoid public disclosure of the stolen information. Lytvynenko admitted to joining the Conti conspiracy no later than approximately September 2021 and having data from eight U.S. and four overseas victims stolen by Conti conspirators. He also admitted to joining a team run by a Conti conspirator during which time Lytvynenko was directed to work on coding a “loader,” which is typically a type of malware used to load programs necessary to execute other malicious attacks.

Summary generated from official Department of Justice press release