An ex-Canadian government worker who extorted tens of millions of dollars from organizations worldwide using the NetWalker ransomware has been sent down for 20 years. Sebastian Vachon-Desjardins, 35, of Gatineau, Quebec, was also ordered to pay back $21.5 million bagged from his cyberattacks against dozens of organizations globally, from corporations and municipalities to hospitals, law enforcement, emergency services, school districts, colleges, and universities.   “The defendant in this case used sophisticated technological means to exploit hundreds of victims in numerous countries at the height of an international health crisis,”

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