A former Canadian government employee has agreed to plead guilty in the U.S. to charges that he worked for a ransomware gang that researchers say has reaped almost $50 million in illegal payments during the past two years. Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins has agreed to plead guilty to hacking-related charges, according to court documents filed Tuesday in federal court in Tampa. He was accused of working as part of a digital extortion group known as NetWalker.
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