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The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the sentencing of three members of the network behind the GozNym cyberattacks on U.S. entities resulting in the theft of $100 million. Krasimir Nikolov, 47, of Varna, Bulgaria, was sentenced on December 16, … Continue reading GozNym cyberattackers sentenced in Pittsburgh and Tbilisi, Georgia
Three cybercriminals that helped orchestrate a multi-million dollar theft against U.S. companies by using a banking trojan known as GozNym have been sentenced to prison, the Department of Justice and the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia announced Friday. The cybercriminals’ operation employed the GozNym malware to target 41,000 computers in all, targeting businesses and financial institutions between 2015 and 2016, including a Washington law firm and a Mississippi casino. Krasimir Nikolov, a Bulgarian man who served as an account takeover specialist in the scheme, which targeted U.S. businesses and their financial institutions, has already served 39 months in prison. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer in federal court in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday, and will now be transferred to Bulgaria where he will serve out his sentence. Two Georgian men who also participated in the plot, Alexander Konovolov and Marat Kazandjian, have been sentenced to seven and five […]
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These five handsome specimens are wanted for alleged conspiracy to steal $100 million from bank accounts. Six others are in custody after a coordinated operation by European and U.S. law enforcement.
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Arrests in Europe and the US appear to have ended the cybercrime careers of the gang behind the GozNym banking malware. Continue reading Europol arrests end GozNym banking malware gang
Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today unsealed charges against 11 alleged members of the GozNym malware network, an international cybercriminal syndicate suspected of stealing $100 million from more than 41,000 victims with the help of a stealthy banking trojan by the same name. Continue reading Feds Target $100M ‘GozNym’ Cybercrime Network
In an operation crowned “unprecedented,” Europol and the DOJ joined forces and successfully dismantled what was left of the GozNym cybercrime gang that attempted to steal well over $100 million.
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The sophisticated conspiracy saw tens of thousands of victims’ computers infected with the GozNym malware in order to steal online banking passwords, and raid accounts.
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Suspected members of the GozNym cybercrime network have been charged in relation to the organised and automated theft of tens of thousands of people’s sensitive personal and financial information. The sophisticated conspiracy saw victims’ c… Continue reading $100 million GozNym cybercrime network dismantled as suspects charged
In a joint effort by several law enforcement agencies from 6 different countries, officials have dismantled a major global organized cybercrime network behind GozNym banking malware.
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Law enforcement officials from the U.S. and some European allies say they have broken up a criminal network that used banking malware to try to steal an estimated $100 million from over 41,000 victims in multiple countries. An indictment made public Thursday alleges that 10 members of a criminal organization used the GozNym malware, a banking trojan that infects internet browsers and was compiled from two other known pieces of malware, to steal victims’ login credentials, steal their money and then launder those funds through U.S. and foreign bank accounts. The primary victims were U.S. businesses and their supporting financial institutions, including several victims in the Western District of Pennsylvania, U.S. officials said. Other organizations hit were a Pennsylvania asphalt and paving business, a Washington law firm, a casino in Gulport, Mississippi, and a California furniture business, according to the indictment. Cybersecurity researchers tracking GozNym in recent years have reported its targeting of credit […]
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