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25 of June, 15:03

Six European countries have neutralised a gang of cyber criminals in Ukraine
Austria, Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK, With the assistance of the police service of the EU (Europol) and the Agency for the coordination of the legal services of the EU (Eurojust) defused the crowd of criminals in Ukraine, said Europol.

It was not reported who exactly carried out the searches and detentions and what role in the operation was assigned to the Ukrainian law enforcers, RIA " Novosti ". In the end, coordinated action were caught five intruders. They are suspected in the creation, use and dissemination of malicious malware Zeus and SpyEye, and similarly, in the cash funds obtained by criminal means. Law enforcement agencies have raided eight homes in 4 Ukrainian cities and seized computer equipment." Cybercriminals used malware to break into banking systems in the European Union and beyond its borders, adapting over time to their sophisticated Trojan horses to get around security measures of credit institutions ", - is informed in the report of Europol. According to investigators, the attackers were able to inject malware into tens of thousands of computers. Harm from their activities determined in 2 million euros. Europol stressed that the operation in Ukraine has become part of broader measures to fight cybercrime. In the framework of Eurojust worked closely with Ukraine at the level of the judiciary.

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