| U.S. authorities have charged three foreign nationals with creating and distributing a virus that allowed thieves to steal tens of millions of dollars from victims' bank accounts.
The three are accused of creating the Trojan virus Gozi, which infected more than 1 million computers worldwide and 40,000 in the United States, including computers belonging to NASA, according to court documents unsealed today by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan. Nikita Kuzmin, 25, Deniss Calovskis, 27, and Mihai Ionut Paunescu, 28, are accused of creating "one of the most financially destructive computer viruses in history."
The malware installed itself on computers after users clicked on an apparently benign PDF file embedded in an e-mail, allowing the cybercriminals to siphon user names, passwords, and other security information used to hijack online bank accounts, prosecutors alleged. Read More .. |
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