FBI offers $ 3 million to find a Russian hacker



The FBI offers $ 3 million to anyone for capturing Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev. The hacker is accused of hacked millions of computers and stealing bank details.

He is suspected of being the mastermind of botnet GameOverZeus would have infected more than a million computers - one quarter of them in the United States - for the theft of nearly 100 million.

And if the reward is important is because it botnet is causing injury, to companies and individuals, estimated at more than $ 100 million. GameOver Zeus, appeared in 2011, is the successor of a famous botnet, Zeus, discovered him in 2007.

GameOverZeus is a Trojan horse, known for its ease of use, it allows cybercriminals to easily retrieve various information sensibles.Ce malware stole data - particularly access to banking services identifying codes, passwords or any other information to access bank accounts online. The program would have GameOver Zeus infected between 500,000 and 1 million PCs worldwide.


Indicted in June 2012 under the name "lucky12345" and then in May 2014 under his real name, Bogachev reside in Russia, reducing hopes the FBI can claim his extradition. According to information held by the FBI, Yevgeny Mikhailovich Bogachev would still Russia.

Bogachev would both as one of the worst criminals in the world and also one of the brightest, making it a prime target. The authorities in charge of the case Bogachev is accused of hacking, wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering.

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