Ontario police made an arrest involving the spread of ransomware.
This person was involved in spreading ransomware, which is a type of malicious software that locks up computers until the owner pays money.
The police started investigating this case three years ago, and it involved people from different parts of the country. In 2020, the Ontario Provincial Police got information from the FBI about someone in Ontario offering ransomware services.
On October 26, 2022, the police searched a house in Bradford, Ontario, and took electronic devices as evidence. They analyzed these devices carefully.
On December 14, 2023, they arrested a 34-year-old man named Mikhail Vasiliev from Oakville.
The accused has been remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Orillia on Dec. 19, 2023.
