Security News > 2017 > August > Russian Hacker Sentenced to Prison for Ebury Botnet Attacks (Security Week)
2017-08-04 10:56
A 41-year-old Russian citizen has been sentenced to 46 months in prison by a court in the U.S. state of Minnesota for his role in a cybercrime scheme involving a botnet powered by the Linux malware known as Ebury. read more
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