Long Sentences for Four Russians Linked to REvil Ransomware

The Russian justice system has sentenced four individuals linked to the prolific REvil ransomware operation.

Russian news agency Kommersant said Friday that the St. Petersburg Garrison Military Court gave Artem Zayets, Aleksey Malozemov, Daniil Puzyrevsky and Ruslan Khansvyarov sentences between 4.5 and 6 years over charges of using and distributing malware, as well as money laundering.

“The investigation links the convicted to the hack group Revil,” reads the Google-translated report. “Their