Assistant FBI Director Joseph Demarest told about cases of theft from Bank accounts using the program, which U.S. Authorities blame a Russian citizen Eugene Bogacheva.

U.S. authorities believe that Bogachev headed a criminal community in the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Under the assumption of the investigation, he created a Trojan Zbot (Gameover Zeus), steals monetary data, and the network of infected computers Cryptolocker, that encrypts data on the hard drive and demands a ransom for the decryption. U.S. authorities reported that they were able to suppress the activities of the network of infected computers and greatly reduce the activity Gameover Zeus. For information about Bogachev USA announced a reward of up to $ 3 million.

"Bogachev worked as an administrator for distribution networks phishing and spam, cryptographic blocking programs," said Demarest Tuesday at a press conference.

Demarest described several cases of theft of funds by means Gameover Zeus. So, according to his statement, in November 2012 from a Bank in Florida on account of the correspondent Bank, and from this place in Switzerland was illegally transferred approximately $ 7 million.

in Ohio, the Firm has lost 300 thousand dollars once the virus has penetrated into its computers via e-mail. In 2009 charitable society in Chicago lost in the same way 130 thousand dollars.

According to the messenger, the FBI, the prize for the data Bogachev designed to give a good incentive for those who may know Bogacheva. If Bogacheva will see in a third country, the FBI asks you to report it to the local authorities or the U.S. Embassy, promising confidentiality.

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