Ukrainian national charged with helping run LockerGoga, MegaCortex and Nefilim ransomware A U.S. federal court unsealed a May 2024 indictment on Tuesday charging Ukrainian national Volodymyr Viktorovich Tymoshchuk for his alleged role as an administrator of several ransomware strains including LockerGoga, MegaCortex and Nefilim. Between December 2018 and October 2021, Tymoshchuk allegedly used the three strains to attack hundreds of organizations across the U.S. and Europe, causing millions of dollars in damage, the Department of Justice said. LockerGoga was best known for its 2019 attack on Norwegian aluminum giant Norsk Hydro. Tymoshchuk is currently a fugitive, according to the U.S. State Department, which is offering an $11 million reward for information leading to his arrest. Known…