Gameover Zeus & Cryptolocker Indictment: Over $100 Million Stolen
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The Department of Justice today trumpeted the indictment a Russian national (Evgeniy Bogachev) for his leadership in two separate cybercrime schemes that stole over $100 million: Gameover Zeus & Cryptolocker. According to the DOJ: Gameover Zeus is " the most sophisticated and damaging botnet we have ever encountered" and has infected between 500,000 and 1 million computers around the world. Once this program infected a computer, it stole passwords and financial information to facilitate the fraudulent wire transfers from victim's accounts to foreign bank accounts controlled by the criminals. "Individual fraudulent wire transfers conducted through Gameover Zeus commonly exceed $1 million."
Gameover Zeus & Cryptolocker Indictment: Over $100 Million Stolen
Gameover Zeus & Cryptolocker Indictment: Over…
Gameover Zeus & Cryptolocker Indictment: Over $100 Million Stolen
The Department of Justice today trumpeted the indictment a Russian national (Evgeniy Bogachev) for his leadership in two separate cybercrime schemes that stole over $100 million: Gameover Zeus & Cryptolocker. According to the DOJ: Gameover Zeus is " the most sophisticated and damaging botnet we have ever encountered" and has infected between 500,000 and 1 million computers around the world. Once this program infected a computer, it stole passwords and financial information to facilitate the fraudulent wire transfers from victim's accounts to foreign bank accounts controlled by the criminals. "Individual fraudulent wire transfers conducted through Gameover Zeus commonly exceed $1 million."