The cybercriminal group included 15 attackers.
Investigators of the Ukrainian Security Service in the Kharkiv region exposed a cybercriminal group whose members stole money from bank cards by interfering with the operation of banking systems.
According to the preliminary version of the investigation, the group included 15 attackers. Cybercriminals used malicious software to steal details of bank electronic accounts and personal data of citizens of the USA, Europe and Ukraine. In particular, through electronic payment services, attackers transferred stolen money to their own accounts in domestic and Russian banks and then appropriated them to themselves.
As part of the criminal proceedings initiated by SBU investigators, law enforcement officers conducted 16 searches in Kharkov at the place of work of the hacker center and at the place of residence of the defendants. During the investigative actions, more than 40 computer systems with photographs and details of foreign bank cards and other evidence of the use of malware were discovered. Also, bank cards, cash and valuables worth more than 12 million UAH (about 31 million rubles), documents on movable and immovable property in Ukraine and abroad were seized.
Currently, the issue of informing the members of the group about a suspicion of committing a crime under Part 2 of Art. 361-1 (creation with the purpose of using, distributing or selling malicious software, as well as their distribution, committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
source: cyberpolice.gov.ua
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Investigators of the Ukrainian Security Service in the Kharkiv region exposed a cybercriminal group whose members stole money from bank cards by interfering with the operation of banking systems.
According to the preliminary version of the investigation, the group included 15 attackers. Cybercriminals used malicious software to steal details of bank electronic accounts and personal data of citizens of the USA, Europe and Ukraine. In particular, through electronic payment services, attackers transferred stolen money to their own accounts in domestic and Russian banks and then appropriated them to themselves.
As part of the criminal proceedings initiated by SBU investigators, law enforcement officers conducted 16 searches in Kharkov at the place of work of the hacker center and at the place of residence of the defendants. During the investigative actions, more than 40 computer systems with photographs and details of foreign bank cards and other evidence of the use of malware were discovered. Also, bank cards, cash and valuables worth more than 12 million UAH (about 31 million rubles), documents on movable and immovable property in Ukraine and abroad were seized.
Currently, the issue of informing the members of the group about a suspicion of committing a crime under Part 2 of Art. 361-1 (creation with the purpose of using, distributing or selling malicious software, as well as their distribution, committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
source: cyberpolice.gov.ua
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