Monday, April 22, 2013

The hackers tried to steal from the accounts of Russian banks about 1 billion rubles - BBC

Russian Interior Ministry prevented work on the creation and dissemination of malicious programs that can cause damage to the amount of about 1 billion rubles. This was reported on the website of the department .

Police stopped the spread of viruses designed to copy the hidden elements of access to bank accounts of citizens and various organizations.

«In the management to received information that on the websites of the leading banks in the Russian Federation is placing malicious software. It was found that the malware copies the personal data of customers, through which then abducted funds from the accounts of customers “- the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

author viral program is a 42-year-old computer programmer from Tolyatti Alexander Pakichev.

«For hacking websites of each of the banks attacker created a personal malicious programs that are subsequently sold to customers on average over 9 thousand. In two years, the attacker has written more than 10 such programs, “- written on the website of the department.

According to the Interior Ministry, Pakicheva accomplices managed to get the data of several tens of thousands of customers of Russian banks, the accounts of which there were about 1 billion rubles.

Pakichev sentenced to one year imprisonment with a fine of 100,000 rubles, according to the article. 273 of the Criminal Code (the creation, use and distribution of malicious software).

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