Canadian man extradited for hacking scheme targeting universities
Original title: Canadian man extradited to the U.S. for his role in computer hacking scheme targeting universities
Roach faces charges for conspiring to hack US universities and mine cryptocurrency using malware.
Ryan James Roach, 35 of Saskatchewan, Canada, was extradited to the US. He is charged with conspiring to hack protected computers at universities in New York, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Massachusetts to steal credentials and mine cryptocurrency. The scheme ran from 2016 to 2019. Extradition for co-defendant Stubbings is pending in Canada.
- Indicted for conspiracy to obtain and damage protected computers
- Victims include universities in NY, TN, NC, MA
- Used VPS in multiple countries to transmit malware
- Damaged 10 or more computers, loss at least $5,000
- Targets had supercomputers and security research
- Victims
- universities in US
- Organizations
- U.S. Attorney’s Office
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4 min read at databreaches.netNovember 3, 2026: ROCHESTER, N. Y. -U.
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