Kozlovsky cannot use the telephone, the Internet and communicate with other persons involved in the case.
The Sverdlovsk Regional Court changed the measure of restraint for one of the alleged leaders of the Lurk hacker group, Konstantin Kozlovsky, from arrest to a ban on certain actions.
The decision was made the day before, Kozlovsky should be released today. He cannot use the telephone, the Internet and communicate with other persons involved in the case. He will also be obliged to appear in court upon summons of the court or investigation.
Kozlovsky was detained in May 2016, he is accused of fraud in the field of computer information (part 4 of article 159.6 of the Criminal Code), illegal access to it (part 3 of article 272 of the Criminal Code) and the creation, use and distribution of malicious computer programs by an organized group (Part 3 of Art.272 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). About twenty more programmers are involved in the case.
As a reminder, the investigation into the group was completed in 2017. In total, charges were brought against 24 people. The case materials occupy 585 volumes. The group is responsible for the theft of 1.2 billion rubles. from the accounts of clients of Russian banks, the creation of the once most popular set of Angler exploits and the hacking of Hillary Clinton's email.
On January 5, 2019, a hearing was held in the Kirovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg in the case of the cybercriminal group Lurk, who stole 1.2 billion rubles. from accounts of commercial companies and financial institutions. During the hearing, one of the defendants actually accused the Russian special services of illegally intercepting correspondence in Jabber. According to a petition sent to the court by the defendant Alexander S., the Lurk participants used the Ejabberd application for communication. Its peculiarity lies in the fact that successfully delivered messages are not saved on the server, but only undelivered ones are saved. That is, messages can only be intercepted online.
__________________
The Sverdlovsk Regional Court changed the measure of restraint for one of the alleged leaders of the Lurk hacker group, Konstantin Kozlovsky, from arrest to a ban on certain actions.
The decision was made the day before, Kozlovsky should be released today. He cannot use the telephone, the Internet and communicate with other persons involved in the case. He will also be obliged to appear in court upon summons of the court or investigation.
Kozlovsky was detained in May 2016, he is accused of fraud in the field of computer information (part 4 of article 159.6 of the Criminal Code), illegal access to it (part 3 of article 272 of the Criminal Code) and the creation, use and distribution of malicious computer programs by an organized group (Part 3 of Art.272 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). About twenty more programmers are involved in the case.
As a reminder, the investigation into the group was completed in 2017. In total, charges were brought against 24 people. The case materials occupy 585 volumes. The group is responsible for the theft of 1.2 billion rubles. from the accounts of clients of Russian banks, the creation of the once most popular set of Angler exploits and the hacking of Hillary Clinton's email.
On January 5, 2019, a hearing was held in the Kirovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg in the case of the cybercriminal group Lurk, who stole 1.2 billion rubles. from accounts of commercial companies and financial institutions. During the hearing, one of the defendants actually accused the Russian special services of illegally intercepting correspondence in Jabber. According to a petition sent to the court by the defendant Alexander S., the Lurk participants used the Ejabberd application for communication. Its peculiarity lies in the fact that successfully delivered messages are not saved on the server, but only undelivered ones are saved. That is, messages can only be intercepted online.
__________________