He is accused of being the mastermind behind LockBit and is allegedly behind ransom demands of up to $95 million
When police raided Mikhail Vasiliev’s house in Bradford West Gwillimbury, 60 kilometres north of Toronto, on Oct. 26, officers found him sitting in the garage at a table with an open laptop computer. Police restrained him before he was able to lock his laptop, according to authorities.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
European authorities said he is alleged to have deployed LockBit to attack infrastructure and large industrial groups across the world. Companies in Canada, Europe and the United States have been hard hit. The timing of the raid seems to have caught Vasiliev by surprise, but that police would return likely didn’t. His home was first raided by Canadian police in August, according to documents filed in U.S. court in New Jersey.
When police returned to his home last month, and arrested him at his open laptop, officers found further potential evidence — the FBI believes the tab was a LockBit control panel. Other files on the computer showed it had working access to the site, the U.S. complaint alleges.Article content
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