Russian hacker changed his place of residence in a us prison cell. Mark Vartanian, known online under the nickname Kolypto will answer before the law for participation in the development of the infamous malware called Citadel.
District judge Atlanta, Georgia, has sentenced the swindler to 5 years of imprisonment. Now he will join one of his accomplices — Dmitry Belorossov, which for the second year serving in the United States the sentence for cyberfraud .
Virus Citadeldesigned to steal financial and personal information, has infected 11 million computers around the world and brought its creators profit of over $ 500 million. «Citadel» was distributed through counterfeit Windows and emails — thanks to its sophisticated code program easily penetrated through the protection of the antivirus. Using malware international group of hackers managed to steal large financial institutions, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup.
According to prosecution in the period from 2012 to 2014, she lived in Ukraine and took an active part in the development of the virus. He then moved to Norway, but was extradited at the request of the American authorities.
