Cyber ·
Ransomware operator linked to Nefilim and Hive sentenced to over five years
A 36-year-old Ukrainian national admitted guilt to charges tied to participation in at least two known ransomware groups, Nefilim and Hive, and received a sentence above five years. The case is reported through a machine-translated feed from The Record.
According to the source text, published on 27 October 2026, a 36-year-old Ukrainian national admitted guilt to charges related to his participation in at least two known ransomware groups, named in the headline as Nefilim and Hive. He had already pleaded guilty the previous year, and the sentence was set above five years in prison. The material is a machine translation of a The Record news story and gives no further details about victims, amounts or how the operations worked.
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