Canadian Man Extradited Over Alleged Hijacking of U.S. University Supercomputers for Crypto Mining

According to TechFlow on November 5, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Canadian national Ryan James Roach was extradited to the United States on October 28 on suspicion of hacking into U.S. university computers and secretly mining cryptocurrency. The extradition proceedings for his co-defendant, Mathiew James Stubbings, remain underway in Canada.

The indictment alleges that from June 2016 to December 2019, the two men targeted U.S. educational institutions equipped with supercomputers, allegedly deploying malware, stealing login credentials, and using the victims' computing power to mine cryptocurrency. Affected institutions were located in New York, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Massachusetts. The Department of Justice stated that the charges have not yet led to a conviction.

Source: TechFlow