A US court sentences a Latvian national to 8.5 years for acting as a negotiator for Russia's Karakurt ransomware group (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
A US court sentences a Latvian national to 8.5 years for acting as a negotiator for Russia's Karakurt ransomware group  —  A Latvian national extradited to the United States was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for his “cold case” negotiator role in the Russian Karakurt ransomware group.