RiSec 11 March 2022
Charges against the individual – Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins, 34, of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada – were announced last year, when law enforcement authorities in the U.S. and Europe seized the dark web sites used in the NetWalker ransomware operations. Offered under the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) business model, NetWalker – also known as Malito – emerged in 2019 and has been involved in a variety of high-profile attacks, including ones targeting education, government, health, and public transportation organizations. The U.S. Department of Justice said that dozens of entities worldwide were hit by NetWalker, which “specifically...