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NetWalker ransomware affiliate sentenced to 80 months in prison

BleepingComputer, February 8, 2022. Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins' Canadian sentence of six years and eight months (80 months), reported 8 February 2022 with the ruling delivered 'on Monday', i.e. 7 February 2022..

Source type
News report
Published
February 8, 2022
Research grade
S1
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Publisher
BleepingComputer
Published
February 8, 2022
Source type
News report
Research grade
Source grade S1
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
Address
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/netwalker-ransomware-affiliate-sentenced-to-80-months-in-prison/
What it supports
Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins' Canadian sentence of six years and eight months (80 months), reported 8 February 2022 with the ruling delivered 'on Monday', i.e. 7 February 2022.
Dataset id
src_bleepingcomputer_netwalker_affiliate_sentenced_2022

Research notes

  • By Sergiu Gatlan.
  • This is the Canadian (Ontario) sentence, not the later United States sentencing in the Middle District of Florida; the two should not be conflated.

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