An ex-Canadian government IT worker has admitted to being a high-level hacker with a Russian cyber-crime group. Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins ,the 34-year-old was affiliated to the NetWalker ransomware crew, which has attacked companies, municipalities, hospitals, schools and universities. When he was arrested, police discovered he was in possession of $27m in Bitcoin. NetWalker operated a ransomware-as-a-service criminal business, offering its malicious software and extortion website to hacker affiliates. Should hackers be Judged or be incorporated into government institutions ?

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