Evil Corp: On the hunt for Russia's cyber criminals
After an unprecedented year of highly damaging cyber attacks against companies, institutions and even hospitals, an international push is underway against hackers. Cyber gangs are starting to see their empires collapse as their websites and systems are being taken out and operatives arrested in multiple countries. But one place where arrests aren’t happening is Russia. The country has, so far, dismissed accusations of harbouring some of the worst cyber criminals.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s cyber reporter Joe Tidy travelled to Russia to try to find the world’s most wanted hackers who are living millionaire lifestyles with no chance of ever being arrested. He describes what he discovered when he went on the trail of Russia's cyber criminals.
Photo: Maksim Viktorovich Yakubets, head of the Evil Corp cyber crime group Credit: FBI
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