Moscow court arrests hacker suspected of spreading ransomware virus

“By the decision of the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow, the petition of the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation to elect Muromsky Roman Gennadievich as a preventive measure in the form of detention until March 13 was granted,” TASS quoted court spokeswoman Ksenia Rozina as saying.

It is noted that a man could face a sentence of up to seven years in prison with a fine of up to 1 million rubles.

Earlier, the FSB reported that the activities of the hacker group REvil were stopped in Russia.