Us Court Sentences Ukrainian To 5 Years In Prison For Cybercrimes

[ESCO]

Ukrainian citizen Denis Yermak was a member of the FIN7 hacker group, which the United States believes is responsible for numerous hacks of American companies. In the United States, a citizen of Ukraine received five years in prison for criminal activities as part of the FIN7 hacker group, according to the US Department of Justice. A press release from the agency says that 32-year-old Denis Yermak was a high-level hacker and, as part of FIN7, from 2016 to 2018, he was looking for vulnerabilities that could be used to infiltrate computer networks. The cybercriminal group managed to break into networks throughout the United States and gain access to the personal data of about 20 million people. The total damage to the American economy from the activities of this criminal community amounted to about $1 billion.



The Ukrainian was extradited from Thailand in February 2020 after the court upheld the legitimacy of the American request. In November 2021, Yermak pleaded guilty to two charges: conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to hack into a computer.