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 the development of the malware Citadel, which was sold to customers on a closed Russian-speaking online forums since 2011.
Citadel was stolen from the computers of personal information and data on accounts, which allowed the attackers to gain profits according to U.S. authorities, the damage developed by Russian hackers was about $500 million.
Muscovite mark Vartanian worked on the development and dissemination of a program from August 2012 to June 2014. He was not the author, however, helped the developers of the Citadel in its improvement. Until April 2014 he was at it, while staying in Ukraine, but later he moved to Norway.