Canadian ransomware hacker sentenced to 20 years in U.S. prison

> Vachon-Desjardins ... chose not to provide any information on his co-conspirators.

Tough choice. If he had cooperated with prosecuters, his sentence would have been reduced but he would have a target on his back.

Finally, actual consequences for one of these monsters.

It's hard for me to think of any form of cybercrime that isn't obviously bad, but there's a particular sociopathic cruelty to ransomware that makes it a lot more vicious and offensive than just, say, stealing someone's credit card.