Russian 'Evil Corp' cybercrime gang bilked millions in hacking spree, officials charge

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U.S. and U.K. law enforcement officials announced charges against two Russians allegedly responsible for what DOJ deemed 'two of the worst computer hacking and bank fraud schemes of the past decade'

of a cybercrime gang dubbed Evil Corp, which the DOJ believes is behind "two of the worst computer hacking and bank fraud schemes of the past decade."

The wanted poster of Igor Olegovich Turashev who is one of two alleged Russian hackers that U.S. and U.K. Law enforcement officials announced warrants for their arrests at the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday. | Samuel Corum/Getty Imagesthe Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions

Yakubets and multiple co-conspirators victimized "21 specific municipalities, banks, companies, and non-profit organizations in California, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Washington," as well as "multiple entities in Nebraska and a religious congregation," according to the DOJ.

Besides the charges filed against Yakubets and Turashev in the Western District of Pennsylvania, prosecutors filed charges in Nebraska against "John Doe #2" for crimes related to Zeus.released information, footage and photos

 

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