US charges two Russian residents in hacking, malware conspiracy

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WASHINGTON: Two Russian residents have been criminally charged in the United States over an alleged multiyear scheme to steal money and property ...

WASHINGTON: Two Russian residents have been criminally charged in the United States over an alleged multiyear scheme to steal money and property by using malware to hack into computers, according to an indictment made public on Thursday.

Maksim Yakubets was accused of being the leader of a group of conspirators involved with Bugat malware and botnet, while his close associate Igor Turashev allegedly handled various functions for the conspiracy, the indictment said.The conspiracy allegedly began around November 2011, and several companies were among the defendants' victims, according to the indictment filed with the federal court in Pittsburgh.U.S.

That announcement characterized the Russian national as being"allegedly responsible for two of the worst computer hacking and bank fraud schemes of the past decade."

 

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