Friday 17 May 2019

Ten indicted in the US over alleged $100m GozNym malware cyber crime spree.


The alleged criminals include five Russians who remain at large.

Ten European cybercriminal have been indicted in a Pittsburgh federal court in connection with the GozNym malware campaign  in 2015 and 2016.

The alleged fraud raised $100 million in revenues for the attackers, according to the indictments.

The defendents are from six countries, with a number of them currently awaiting trial in Europe. Five are Russians who remain at large in their country, and who are unlikely to either face justice in their own country, or be extradited to face justice in either the US or Europe. 

The charges framed against these people include conspiracy to commit bank fraud, conspiracy to commit computer fraud and money laundering.



By Dev Kundaliya.
Full story at Computing.


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