U.S. authorities stopped the activities of a group of hackers, according to one version from Russia and Ukraine engaged in insider theft of information organizations, whose shares are traded on the stock exchange of new York, reports Bloomberg citing a source.
As reported, the hackers infiltrated the servers of such organizations As PRNewswire Association LLC, Marketwired and Business Wire, and stealing corporate press releases. The data obtained attackers then passed on to his associates in the United States.
in the future, the attackers used the insider information for buying and selling on the new York stock exchange of the shares more than a dozen major organizations. According to the source, the hackers by way of fraudulent schemes have earned over 30 million dollars. Among the organizations whose stock was involved in the transactions were Panera Bread Co., Boeing Co., Hewlett-Packard Co., Caterpillar Inc. And Oracle Corp.
they say that on Tuesday, the nine members of the group in Brooklyn, new Jersey and new York must be formulated guilty of the securities fraud and hacking. The trial was conducted over 2 years.
American officials before many times accused the Russian Federation in the organization of cyber attacks on U.S. institutions, but data to confirm this were not provided, indicating the safety rules.
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