AFP reports: An international team of computer hackers and stock traders was charged with pocketing more than $US100 million ($A138 million) in illicit profits based on stolen market-moving financial information, US officials announced Tuesday. The Department of Justice charged nine people in a criminal conspiracy with making more than $US30 million ($A41.43 million) in illegal…
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UniCredit.ua and RBC.ua compromised with RIG exploit kit
Nick Bilogorskiy writes: Cyphort Labs discovered a malware infection at the Ukrainian website of UniCredit bank – unicredit.ua . UniCredit Group is a leading European commercial bank with an international network spanning 17 European countries with more than 149,000 employees. It has 950 billion Euros in assets. UniCredit is the largest Italian bank by market capitalization. The…
Europol brings down Zeus, SpyEye cybercriminals
The Local reports: Investigators from six different European countries, including Austria, have succeeded in bringing down a cybercriminal group in Ukraine. Europol said that the action, which took place in Ukraine on June 18th and 19th, resulted in five arrests and the confiscation of computer equipment and other devices for further investigation. The high-level cybercriminals…
Tampa Man Sentenced To Seven Years For Credit Card Fraud And Identity Theft
Ricardo Romero-Mesa (44, Tampa) was sentenced on Friday to seven years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft. The Court also ordered him to forfeit $13,423.79, which are the proceeds traceable to his criminal conduct. He pleaded guilty on January 15, 2015. According to court documents, in early…
Gundersen sentenced for his role in scheme to hack 14 financial networks and DoD payroll system
Associated Press reports an update to an indictment noted on this blog in May: A New York City man has been sentenced to about 3 1/2 years in prison for his role in an international cybercrime ring that hacked into the computers of more than a dozen financial institutions and the U.S. military’s payroll service….
Massachusetts Man Sentenced To 21 Months In Prison For Role In Multimillion-Dollar International Cybercrime Scheme
There’s an update to a case previously noted on this blog. A member of an international cybercrime, identity theft and credit card fraud conspiracy was sentenced yesterday to 21 months in prison for using information hacked from customer accounts held at more than a dozen banks, brokerage firms, payroll processing companies and government agencies in an attempt…