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Creators of SpyEye Virus Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison

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Two International hackers, Aleksandr Andreevich Panin and Hamza Bendelladj, have been sentenced to a combined 24 years and 6 months in prison for their roles in developing and distributing SpyEye banking trojan, a powerful botnet similar to the infamous ZeuS malware.

Both hackers were charged with stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from banking institutions worldwide.

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Journalist Matthew Keys gets 2-Year Prison term for helping Anonymous Hackers

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Former Reuters journalist Matthew Keys, who was convicted last year of helping the Anonymous group of hackers, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for computer hacking charges.

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Infamous Hacker ‘Guccifer’ appears in US Court after Extradition

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Marcel Lazar Lehel aka “Guccifer” – an infamous Romanian hacker who hacked into the emails and social networking accounts of numerous high profile the US and Romanian Politicians – appeared in the United States court for the first time after extradition.

Following Romania’s top court approval last month, Guccifer was extradited to the United States recently from Romania, his home country,

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Hacker arrested for ATM Skimming escaped from Prison

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A Romanian card skimmer arrested for being part of an international cybercrime group that used malware to plunder US$217,000 from ATMs has escaped from a Bucharest prison on Sunday morning (6th March).

Renato Marius Tulli, 34, was being held at Poli… Continue reading Hacker arrested for ATM Skimming escaped from Prison→