Russian Extradited to the US for Selling Stolen Information

Authorities in the Republic of Georgia extradited a Russian citizen accused of developing malware, using it to steal login credentials, and selling them on the dark web.

According to a press release by the US Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida, Dariy Pankov, 28, of Russia developed a malicious software named “NLBrute.” NLBrute used brute force attacks to obtain the login credentials of compromised computers. Pankov allegedly made over $350,000 from the sale of NLBrute and credentials he …

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