Victims of the three global ransomware campaigns paid as much as $200 million, according to the indictments.
NEWARK, New Jersey --
The U.S. Justice Department unsealed two indictments charging a Russian national and resident with using three different ransomware variants to attack multiple people in the United States.Some of those victims range from law enforcement agencies in New Jersey and Washington D.C. to healthcare and other sectors nationwide.
In June of 2020, he targeted the Passaic Park Police and in May of last year, he went after a non-profit behavioral health organization in Mercer County. He also targeted the Metropolitan Police Department in D.C. "Thanks to the extraordinary investigative work of prosecutors from my office and our FBI partners, Matveev no longer hides in the shadows," said U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip Sellinger. "We have publicly identified his criminal acts and charged him with multiple federal crimes. Let today's charges be a reminder to cybercriminals everywhere.
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