Thursday, October 28, 2010

Crime Ring Stole $70 Million Using Computer Virus

The FBI announced on (October 27,2010) about stole $70 million from U.S banks by an Eastern European cybercrime ring.in additions to the dozens of individuals charged in the U.S. and Britain Thursday, the FBI also said that five individuals in Ukraine had been detained in this day on suspicion of creating the computer virus used in the scam.These people used the powerful Zeus Trojan virus to crack open bank accounts and divert millions of Dollars to Eastern Europe.
Authorities said at the time that the ring was accused of stealing $12.5 million from accounts in U.S and Britain.

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