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Conti ransomware gang member sentenced to 4 years in prison

BleepingComputer · September 11, 2026 · International · Data Breaches

A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in Conti ransomware attacks between 2021 and 2022. [...]

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Surfshark VPN says hackers breached internal testing, proxy servers

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