Security News > 2017 > July > Russian Citadel Malware Developer Gets 5-Year Sentence (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-20 13:48
Notorious Banking Trojan Tied to 11 Million Infections, $500 Million in LossesRussian citizen Mark Vartanyan, aka "Kolypto," has been sentenced to serve five years in U.S. prison after he pleaded guilty to helping develop and distribute the notorious banking Trojan called Citadel.
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