The US authorities found and neutralized by the cryptocurrency virus-extortionist Netwalker, and also seized half a million dollars in cryptocurrency
The US Department of Justice reported on the destruction of the Netwalker cryptocurrency virus. This is reported on the official website of the regulator.
According to a press release, almost $ 500 thousand in cryptocurrency is confiscated within the framework of the destruction of the virus. The US Ministry of Justice reported on the arrest of citizen of Canada Sebastian Vashon-Dezharden. It is noted that the detainee spent tens of millions of US dollars as an intermediary Netwalker.
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According to preliminary estimates, the history of its existence of Netwalker has robbed people by $ 46 million. However, the virus showed the greatest activity against the pandemic background, when the average amount of redemption was $ 65 thousand.
Under US supervision
According to the Ministry of Justice, Netwalker suffered at least 305 victims from 27 countries, including 203 people from the United States.
According to Chainalysis calculations, four participants are involved in any attack by Netwalker: administrator or developer (8-10% profit), partner (76-80%) and two authorized roles (2.5-5% each).
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The mediator is usually responsible for accessing the victim's network and the deployment of the extortioner virus, noted in Chainalysis. However, there are cases when 100% of payment goes exclusively on the administrator's wallet.
Recall, last year the Federal Bureau of Investigations calculated how much money was paid to cybersmiths as a ransom. According to estimates, from October 1, 2013 to November 7, 2019, extortion was committed in the amount of about $ 144.35 million.
The virus called Ryuk on average over the year cried citizens by $ 61.26 million. Crysis / Dharma viruses attracted $ 24.48 million in almost a three-year period. In third place was the BitPaymer virus, which was able to steal $ 8.04 million over the past two years.
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