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U.S., European officials bring charges in global malware case

By ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten
people, including five Rus-
sian fugitives, have been
charged in connection
with malicious software
attacks that infected tens
of thousands of comput- PEST
ers worldwide and caused
more than $100 million in
financial losses, U.S. and
European authorities an-
nounced Thursday.
The malware enabled CONTROL
criminals from Eastern Eu-
rope to take remote con-
trol of infected computers
and siphon funds from vic-
tims’ bank accounts, and
targeted companies and
institutions across all sectors
of American life. Victims in-
cluded a Washington law
firm, a church in Texas, a
furniture business in Cali-
fornia, a casino in Missis-
sippi and a Pennsylvania
asphalt and paving busi-
ness. Several defendants
are awaiting prosecution
in Europe, and five are Rus- This July 27, 2008, file photo shows a, LED-illuminated wireless router in Philadelphia. Associated Press
sians who remain fugitives
in that country. pleaded guilty last month tice Department has pur- a novel model of interna- not seek the immediate
An 11th participant in the in a related case in federal sued multiple malware tional collaboration , said extradition of all 10 defen-
conspiracy was extra- court in Pittsburgh, where prosecutions in recent Scott Brady, the U.S. attor- dants.
dited to the United States Thursday’s indictment was years against foreign hack- ney in Pittsburgh.
from Bulgaria in 2016 and brought. Though the Jus- ers, this case stands out as American authorities did Continued on Page 2