{"id":44332,"date":"2021-12-08T19:02:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T19:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/canadian-charged-with-running-ransomware-attack-on-us-state-of-alaska\/"},"modified":"2021-12-08T19:02:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T19:02:12","slug":"canadian-charged-with-running-ransomware-attack-on-us-state-of-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/canadian-charged-with-running-ransomware-attack-on-us-state-of-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian charged with running ransomware attack on US state of Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Canadian man is accused of masterminding ransomware attacks that caused “damage” to systems belonging to the US state of Alaska.<\/p>\n

A federal indictment against Matthew Philbert, 31, of Ottawa, was unsealed yesterday, and he was also concurrently charged by the Canadian authorities with a number of other criminal offences at the same time. US prosecutors [PDF<\/a>] claimed he carried out “cyber related offences” \u2013 including a specific 2018 attack on a computer in Alaska.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported<\/a> that Philbert was charged after a 23 month investigation “that also involved the [Royal Canadian Mounted Police, federal enforcers], the FBI and Europol.”<\/p>\n