AN Armenian national extradited from Ukraine to the United States has been sentenced for his role in Ryuk ransomware attacks against organisations worldwide, including a company in Oregon. Karen Vardanyan, 35, received a 24-month federal prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
The court also ordered Vardanyan to pay $1,219,106 in restitution to victims of the ransomware extortion scheme. He was linked to a conspiracy that deployed Ryuk on victim networks between March 2019 and about June 2020. Prosecutors said he participated in the operation using the online aliases “Maneeken” and “Karl Lagerfeld”.