They’re charged with phishing and inflicting malware to get into the EDGAR filing system, stealing thousands of filings, and selling access.
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Hackers break into newswire services, trade on what they find
Some financially-motivated hackers go straight for the money, but others take a more circuitous route, going after information that they can use for profit. That’s what criminals convicted this week did until they were caught in 2015, earning millions in ill-gotten gains.
Zeus and SpyEye crime syndicate taken down by Europol
A European operation coordinated by Europol and Eurojust has dismantled an online crime syndicate thought to have caused €2m of damage with the Zeus and SpyEye banking trojans.