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Armenian national pleads guilty to Ryuk ransomware attacks
An Armenian national, Karen Serobovich Vardanyan, pleaded guilty to participating in Ryuk ransomware attacks against three U.S. organizations in 2019-2020. He agreed to pay $1.2 million in restitution and faces up to 15 years in prison, with co-conspirators accused of extorting over $15 million in Bitcoin from victims.
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