{
  "id": 224263,
  "title": "Belarusian cybercriminal behind Ransom Cartel gets 16-year prison sentence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/belarusian-cybercriminal-behind-ransom-cartel-gets-16-year-prison",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-06T13:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Record",
    "slug": "the-record",
    "url": "https://therecord.media/belarus-hacker-ransomware-sentenced"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A Belarusian national active in the cybercriminal world for decades was sentenced to 16 years in U.S. prison for running the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation.",
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        "outlet": "The Hacker News",
        "title": "Ransom Cartel Creator Gets 16 Years in Prison for Operating Ransomware-as-a-Service",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/ransom-cartel-creator-gets-16-years-in-prison-for-operating",
        "published": "2026-08-06T07:19:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SecurityWeek",
        "title": "Belarusian Ransom Cartel Mastermind Gets 16 Years in Prison",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/belarusian-ransom-cartel-mastermind-gets-16-years-in-prison",
        "published": "2026-08-06T09:30:30.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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