{
  "id": 6768960,
  "title": "Ukrainian lawyer's second career as a Conti coder earns him 4 years behind bars",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/ukrainian-lawyers-second-career-as-a-conti-coder-earns-him-4-years",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-11T12:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register",
    "slug": "the-register",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/09/11/ukrainian-lawyers-second-career-as-a-conti-coder-earns-him-4-years-behind-bars/5295841"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Ukrainian lawyer, Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, 44, has been sentenced to four years in a US prison for his role in the Conti ransomware gang. Lytvynenko pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Before joining the ransomware group, he trained as a lawyer. He took on the alias \"henry\" within Conti and was involved in coding and directing the creation of a malware loader. His Google account showed he had been researching malware and hacking techniques, and he used tools like Google, ZoomInfo, and Tor to research potential targets. Evidence from his online accounts indicated he possessed stolen data from eight US victims and four overseas, resulting in losses exceeding $1.5 million for the Americans. Conti disbanded in 2022 following the leak of its internal chats and source code, but Lytvynenko continued his ransomware activities even after the group's dissolution. He was extradited to the US in October 2025, and it was discovered that his involvement in ransomware activities continued even after Conti disbanded.",
  "summary": "Swapping legal work for malware development ended in extradition and a guilty plea",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "Ukrainian lawyer's second career as a Conti coder earns him 4 years behind bars",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/ukrainian-lawyers-second-career-as-a-conti-coder-earns-him-4-years-6773710",
        "published": "2026-09-11T12:15:00.000Z"
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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."
}