{"id":6862,"date":"2022-06-29T20:04:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T11:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/?p=6862"},"modified":"2022-07-04T20:08:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T11:08:43","slug":"ex-canadian-government-employee-linked-to-netwalker-ransomware-crew-pleads-guilty-to-u-s-ransomware-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/en\/ex-canadian-government-employee-linked-to-netwalker-ransomware-crew-pleads-guilty-to-u-s-ransomware-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Canadian government employee linked to NetWalker Ransomware crew pleads guilty to U.S. ransomware charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6862\" class=\"elementor elementor-6862\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7926900 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7926900\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d12b83\" data-id=\"2d12b83\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9045518 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9045518\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On Tuesday 28<sup>th<\/sup> of June 2022, 34-year-old Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins pleaded guilty in a US court to conspiring to commit computer and wire fraud, intentionally damaged a protected computer, and transmitted a demand in relation to damaging a protected computer.\u00a0The former Canadian government employee has been described as &#8220;one of the most prolific NetWalker Ransomware affiliates&#8221; responsible for extorting said millions of dollars from dozens of companies worldwide.<\/p><p>Therefore, he also will be forfeiting $21.5 million and 21 laptops, mobile phones, gaming consoles, and other devices, according to his plea agreement.<\/p><p>He\u2019s now facing up to 40 years behind bars and he\u2019s stated he will &#8220;cooperate fully with the United States&#8221; as now American prosecutors are looking to bring the rest of the NetWalker ransomware crew to justice. \u00a0<\/p><p>Initially, in February, a Canadian judge sentenced him to six years and eight months in prison after he pleaded guilty to five criminal charges in Ontario&#8217;s Court of Justice. 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