Security News > 2024 > January > Trickbot malware scumbag gets five years for infecting hospitals, businesses

A former Trickbot developer has been sent down for five years and four months for his role in infecting American hospitals and businesses with ransomware and other malware, costing victims tens of millions of dollars in losses.

Trickbot initially infected PCs to steal people's login details to their online bank accounts, so that funds could be siphoned.

These special skills included recruiting other coders, buying and managing servers used to deploy and operate the Windows nasty Trickbot, encrypting the malware to avoid detection by security software, spamming and phishing potential victims, and then laundering stolen funds.

The original indictment charged Dunaev and six others for their alleged roles in developing, deploying, managing and profiting from Trickbot.

In June, one of the six suspects - Trickbot malware admin Alla Witte - pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer fraud and was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison.

Trickbot shut down in 2022, but by then many of its malware developers have moved on to other criminal operations.

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