GoKawiilUkrainian national gets 4-year sentence for role in Conti ransomware operation
Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, 44, was sentenced to four years in prison for participating in the Conti ransomware conspiracy as an intruder and malware developer. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, admitting he controlled stolen data from 12 victim companies, sent extortion notes, and coded a loader tool used to launch attacks between 2020 and 2022. He was arrested in Ireland in 2023 and extradited to the U.S. to face charges.