arrested 19 people for using the power of Zeus to steal bank accounts
Central Cybercrime Unit of London Metropolitan Police (CPUSA) has arrested and questioned 15 men and four women suspected of having used the Zeus Trojan to steal bank details from users of the Internet.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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"We believe we have dismantled an organized crime ring that used sophisticated methods to steal large amounts of money from the accounts of innocent people, causing much anxiety to the victims and significant financial damage, which of course, the banks must be replaced at a price significant for the economy, "said Metropolitan Police Detective Terry Wilson. Police say
this band of stealing about $ 9.5 million to customers of British banks in just three months, but as the attack also affected users around the world it is possible that total cybercriminals have won hundreds of thousands dollars. Zeus The band used to infect their victims and get data access to their bank accounts online. The criminals hired mules to transfer money to accounts until you wash time.
Police have not filed charges against the detainees, aged between 23 and 47, but may be accused of computer abuse and fraud and possession charges are added firearms against two of the suspects.
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