The leader of a group of cyber criminals who attacked RBS Worldpay will not go to prison
A Russian judge has ruled that Victor sent to prison Pleshchuk, a leader of a group of virtual criminals who organized and launched a sophisticated attack on RBS WorldPay, the payment processor to the Bank of Scotland .
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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Pleushchuk The court sentenced 28-year, six-year suspended sentence and pay restitution of $ 8.9 million to RBS WorldPay.
In November 2008, the group led by cybercriminals Pleushchuk entered the RBS Worldpay system and stole the financial data of users in real time, while the processing system. The attackers used these data to clone credit cards 44 which increased the balance in order to withdraw more money.
The attack was so well coordinated that in just 12 hours a group of accomplices in Ukraine, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan, 280 cities in the United States, etc.. emptied their victims' accounts from 2,100 ATMs worldwide. The criminal ring obtained more than $ 9.4 million.
Russian police arrested and began estonia criminal proceedings against seven others who participated in the attack, including Sergei Tsurikov, one of the leaders in November he was extradited for trial in the United States.
Pleshchuk admitted that he participated in the attack but said he had no bad intentions. "This is not any kind of crime, cybercrime, and Pleshchuk not fully understand the damage he was causing."
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