Russian hacker sentenced in the US to five years in prison Russians Mark Vartanian in the United States was sentenced to five years in prison. The damage from the malware, which he distributed, according to the investigators, amounted to about $500 million. The American court sentenced the Russian programmer Mark Vartanian admits distributing malware to five years in prison, reports Associated Press. The sentence was handed down by the court in the city of Atlanta. In sentencing the judge took into account the confession Vartanian and his cooperation with the investigation. In addition, he reckoned the time he previously spent in custody under arrest hacker is 2014. After serving his sentence he was being deported to Russia. Vartanian was detained in Norway in Fredrikstad at the request of Washington. As suggested by the American authorities, the Russian programmer operated online under the alias Kolypto. According to investigators, he participated in
