Russia last week arrested 50 people they detained in 86 searches through 15 Russian territories in what’s being called the country’s biggest bust ever of financial hackers.
The country’s Federal Security Service (FSB) told the Russian news agency TASS that the gang is suspected of orchestrating the theft of 1.7 billion rubles ($25 million) from Russian banks and financial institutions.
Since 2011, the robbers had allegedly been stealing money directly from bank accounts in Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) by using a Trojan called Lurk.
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