Ransomware first began targeting victims in 2014.
The two brothers responsible for the CoinVault ransomware were sentenced today to 240 hours of community service, the Dutch court announced.
It has been nearly three years since the pair was arrested for CoinVault, which began targeting victims in 2014 by encrypting data on machines and demanding cryptocurrency ransom. It briefly stopped in November 2014, when a sample was detected by Kaspersky Lab, but then resumed in April 2015, when a new sample was discovered.
In the time it was active, CoinVault spread to more than 14,000 Windows machines in 20 countries, primarily the Netherlands, the US, the UK, Germany, and France. The brothers behind the attack were accused of breaking into computers, making other people's work inaccessible, and extorting 1,295 people. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab believe more users were infected because they recorded at least 14,000 keys when they released their final decryption tool.
Read more about the trial here.
Black Hat USA returns to Las Vegas with hands-on technical Trainings, cutting-edge Briefings, Arsenal open-source tool demonstrations, top-tier security solutions and service providers in the Business Hall. Click for information on the conference and to register.
About the Author(s)
You May Also Like
Guarding the Cloud: Top 5 Cloud Security Hacks and How You Can Avoid Them
April 4, 2024Cybersecurity Strategies for Small and Med Sized Businesses
April 11, 2024Defending Against Today's Threat Landscape with MDR
April 18, 2024Securing Code in the Age of AI
April 24, 2024
Black Hat USA - August 3-8 - Learn More
August 3, 2024Cybersecurity's Hottest New Technologies: What You Need To Know
March 21, 2024Black Hat Asia - April 16-19 - Learn More
April 16, 2024