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A US court has sentenced the creator of a notorious service that helped malware authors avoid detection by anti-virus software to 14 years in prison.
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A US court has sentenced the creator of a notorious service that helped malware authors avoid detection by anti-virus software to 14 years in prison. Ruslans Bondars, a 37-year-old Latvian citizen, was convicted earlier this year of conspiracy to viola… Continue reading 14 years prison for man who helped hackers evade detection by anti-virus software
A Latvian hacker behind the development and operation of counter antivirus service “Scan4You” has finally been sentenced to 14 years in prison.
37-year-old Ruslans Bondars, described as a Latvian “non-citizen” or “citizen of the former USSR who had be… Continue reading Operator of VirusTotal Like Malware-Scanning Service Jailed for 14 Years
A Latvian hacker convicted of crimes relating to running the for-profit malware scanning site “Scan4You” was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Friday. Ruslan Bondars, 37, was convicted earlier this year on three charges, including violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and computer intrusion with intent to cause damage. The court found a loss amount of $20.5 billion. “Ruslan Bondars helped malware developers attack American businesses,” said Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski. “The Department of Justice and its law enforcement partners make no distinction between service providers like Scan4You and the hackers they assist: we will hold them accountable for all of the significant harm they cause and work tirelessly to bring them to justice, wherever they may be located.” Operated from 2009 to 2016, Scan4You is similar to VirusTotal — a long-running repository favored by the cybersecurity industry — but was intentionally […]
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Scan4you crook is looking at a maximum penalty of 35 years Continue reading Guilty! Anti-anti-virus crook convicted, could spend decades in jail
A citizen of the former USSR who had been living in Riga, Latvia faces three charges related to his operation of “Scan4you,” an online counter-antivirus service that helped hackers dodge anti-malware solutions, the US Department of Justice … Continue reading Russian hacker gets 35 years in prison for running counter-AV service
A Latvian hacker has been convicted of crimes relating to running “Scan4You,” a for-profit website that allowed criminals to test if malware could be detected by security software. Ruslan Bondars, 37, was convicted by a federal jury on three charges including violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and computer intrusion with intent to cause damage. Bondars faces the possibility of 35 years in prison, but sentences for this kind of crime are typically far smaller in practice. He was arrested last year with Jurijs Martisevs, another Latvian accused of running Scan4You. Martisevs plead guilty earlier this year. “Ruslan Bondars designed and operated a service that provided essential aid to some of the world’s most destructive hackers,” Tracy Doherty-McCormick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, said in a statement. Bondars was responsible for the technical infrastructure of the service. Scan4You is similar in many ways […]
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Jurijs Martisevs pled guilty to running a clearinghouse for criminal developers to see if anti-virus programs would detect their malware. Continue reading Anti-anti-virus service provider tied to huge hacks cops plea