Andrii Kolpakov is serving seven years in prison for his role in stealing credit and debit card millions from across the United States. The Ukrainian hacker is a part of a notorious crime organization and pleaded guilty to one conspiracy count to commit wire fraud and another count of conspiracy to commit hacking. Upon hearing the judge's ruling, Kolpakov became discouraged with the verdict but respected the judge's decision. Vadim Glozman, his lawyer, said his client previously had spent three years in prison when he was caught in 2018 by police but intended to travel to Ukraine after serving the rest of his sentence. In Washington, Kolpakov is there in custody inside the Western District.
Kolpakov is a member of the crime syndicate "FIN7," one of the most successful cybercriminal organizations globally. U.S prosecutors wrote in a memo that said, "no hacking group epitomizes the industrialization of cybercrime better." The prosecutors claimed that the cybercriminal organization had more than 70 members split into teams, in which one of them was responsible for developing malicious software. The teams generally have established roles and branches that perform set tasks. One of the teams is all hackers and is to be accountable for exploiting victims' machines.
For a disguise, FIN7 represented itself as a cybersecurity company called "Combi Security," which pretended to perform penetration testing. Kolpakov worked with this company from April 2016 to June 2018, leading several hackers to infiltrate computer systems. He also taught recruits how to use the FIN7 malicious software.
Link: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/ukrainian-member-fin7-cybercrime-gang-sentenced-united-states-2021-06-24/
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