Security News > 2017 > August > Hacker Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Spreading Linux Malware (The Hackers News)
2017-08-04 00:58
A Russian man accused of infecting tens of thousands of computer servers worldwide to generate millions in fraudulent payments has been imprisoned for 46 months (nearly four years) in a United States' federal prison. 41-year-old Maxim Senakh, of Velikii Novgorod, was arrested by Finnish police in August 2015 for his role in the development and maintenance of the infamous Linux botnet called
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