U.S. State Department Offers $11 Million in Rewards for Alleged Cybercriminals

On September 9, 2025, the United States (U.S.) District Court for the Eastern District of New York unsealed an indictment charging Ukrainian national Volodymyr Viktorovych Tymoshchuk with serving as an administrator for several global ransomware schemes (malware-enabled extortion that encrypts or steals data and demands payment).