9 charged for stealing millions of dollars with Zeus Malware

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans

The Zeus malware is one of the most damaging pieces of financial malware that has helped the culprits to infect thousands of business computers and capture passwords, account numbers and other information necessary to log into online banking accounts. U.S. Department of Justice unsealed charges against nine alleged cyber criminals for distributing notorious Zeus malware to steal millions of dollars from bank accounts. Vyachesla V Igorevich Penchukov, Ivan Viktorvich Klepikov, Alexey Dmitrievich Bron, Alexey Tikonov, Yevhen Kulibaba, Yuriy Konov Alenko, And John Does are charged to devise and execute a scheme and artifice to defraud Bank Of America, First Federal Savings Bank, First National Bank Of Omaha, Key Bank, Salisbury Bank & Trust, Union Bank And Trust, And United Bankshares Corporation, all of which were depository institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. They are also accused to use Zeus, or Zbot, computer intrusion, malicious software, and fraud to steal or attempt to steal millions of dollars from several bank accounts in the United States, and elsewhere. It has also been reported that defendants and their co-conspirators infected thousands of business computers with software that captured passwords, account numbers, and other information necessary to log into online banking accounts, […]

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