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A Ukrainian man has been sentenced to seven years in prison in the United States for his role within the cybercrime group known as FIN7. Operating since at least 2015, the financially-motivated FIN7 group targeted businesses worldwide to steal payment card data.
Former antivirus software creator John McAfee has died in what is reported to be a suicide as he waited for extradition to face tax evasion charges in the USA. McAfee was arrested in Spain in October 2020, where he was awaiting extradition to the US for allegedly not paying taxes on cryptocurrency, consulting, and other business arrangements. Hours after extradition was approved by Spanish courts, El Pais reported that McAfee was found dead in his cell from an apparent suicide where resuscitation attempts failed to revive him.
John McAfee, the creator of McAfee antivirus software, was found dead in his jail cell near Barcelona in an apparent suicide Wednesday, hours after a Spanish court approved his extradition to the United States to face tax charges punishable by decades in prison, authorities said. Born in England's Gloucestershire in 1945 as John David McAfee, he started McAfee Associates in 1987 and led an eccentric life after selling his stake in the antivirus software company named after him in the early 1990s.
John McAfee, the creator of the McAfee antivirus software, has been found dead in his cell in a jail near Barcelona, a government official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. read more
British-American software tycoon John McAfee was found dead in his cell in a Barcelona prison on Wednesday. The 75-year-old antivirus baron - who founded McAfee Associates in the 1980s and made a fortune before more or less retiring in the mid-1990s - was being held in Sant Esteve Sesrovires.
British-American software tycoon John McAfee was found dead in his cell in a Barcelona prison on Wednesday. The 75-year-old antivirus baron - who founded McAfee Associates in the 1980s and made a fortune before more or less retiring in the mid-1990s - was being held in Sant Esteve Sesrovires.
A former government contractor who was given the longest federal prison sentence imposed for leaks to the news media has been released from prison to home confinement, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Monday. Reality Winner, 29, has been moved to home confinement and remains in the custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons, the person said.
Reality Winner, the former NSA intelligence contractor who leaked evidence of Russian interference in a US Presidential election to the press, has been released from prison. Her attorney Alison Allen announced Winner, 29, had been let out on Monday early due to "Exemplary" behavior while inside.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday the arraignment of a Latvian for her alleged role in creating and operating the infamous TrickBot malware. TrickBot is a well-known and sophisticated trojan first developed in 2016 to steal online banking credentials - but it has a history of transforming itself and adding new features.
Two members of the notorious Carbanak cybergang were sentenced to 8 years in prison, Kazakhstani authorities announced this week. While they did not reveal the names of the sentenced individuals, the Kazakh authorities did say that they were accused of stealing roughly $4.7 million from two banks in the country between 2016 and 2017, as well as of attempting to steal $18.5 million more.