Reported by 2 outlets
Conti Ransomware Operator Pleads Guilty — Faces Up to 20 Years
Why this score
- Breadth
- 1.00 / 2.0 · 2 sources
- Authority
- 1.80 / 2.0 · best outlet weight
- Severity
- 0.80 / 5.0 · CVSS + content signals
- Velocity
- 0.00 / 2.0 · updates in 48h
- Pickup speed
- 0.00 / 0.6 · time to second source
- Recency
- × 0.00 temporal multiplier
- Community
- + 0.00 / 1.5 · reddit signal
- Score
- 0.0 / 10 = base × recency + community
Timeline
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original reporting
Conti Ransomware Operator Pleads Guilty — Faces Up to 20 Years
bleepingcomputer.com · 123d ago · June 13th, 2026
Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, 44, a Ukrainian national extradited from Ireland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in the Conti ransomware operation between 2021 and 2022. Lytvynenko admitted to possessing data stolen from eight US and four overseas victims, and to coding a "loader" malware component used in attacks. Conti targeted 1,000+ victims worldwide, collecting over $150 million in ransom payments before disbanding in 2022.
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update from cyberscoop.com
Ryuk Ransomware Operator Pleads Guilty — Faces 15 Years
cyberscoop.com · 95d ago · July 11th, 2026
Karen Serobovich Vardanyan, 34, an Armenian national extradited from Ukraine to the U.S., pleaded guilty to computer fraud and conspiracy for deploying Ryuk ransomware against multiple U.S. organizations between November 2019 and April 2020. Victims included a Michigan company that paid 200 BTC (~$1.1M), an Oregon technology company, and a Texas school. Vardanyan's co-conspirators received approximately 1,160 bitcoins (~$15M at the time) in ransom payments. He faces up to 15 years in prison and has agreed to pay $1.2M in restitution. Ryuk operated from 2018-2020, extorting an estimated $150M, with many members transitioning to Conti after Ryuk's shutdown.