10 biggest crimes in Internet history

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Even if you have installed an antivirus, firewall, and the latest security updates for your operating system, you cannot be protected from theft of your money or personal data via the Internet. Fantasy and the possibilities of cybercriminals know no bounds. Cnet has compiled a list of ten online crimes that have caused particularly serious damage. 10. Banking Trojan - 300 thousand euros In the autumn of this year, hundreds of depositors of German banks were shocked to see zero balances on their accounts. They became victims of the action of the banking Trojan URLzone. According to experts, the result of this virus was the disappearance from the accounts of German citizens of more than 300 thousand euros. Sites infected with the virus were visited by more than 90 thousand people. Experts suspect that the Trojan’s actions are being controlled from Ukraine. 9. Collapse of Ginko Bank in the virtual world of Second Life - 440 thousand pounds. About 18 thousand people lost hundreds of millions of lidn dollars (or about half a million pounds) as a result of the bankruptcy of the virtual Ginko bank. Before bankruptcy, the bank had the savings of the inhabitants of the online world worth more than $ 700 thousand (or 190 million linden dollars, the rate of this currency against the dollar is 270 to one). The official cause of bankruptcy was the massive withdrawal of money from accounts at Ginko as a result of the ban on gambling in Second Life. In a week, the virtual bank went bankrupt, and those who did not have time to take their investments were left with nothing. Experts suspect that this was a planned action. 8. Money laundering through iTunes - $ 750 thousand. A group of criminals recorded 19 songs and put them up for sale in the Apple iTunes Store and Amazon. Those who bought these songs lost their credit card numbers overnight. After that, $ 750 thousand was stolen from credit cards. 7. Phishing attack on Nordea Bank - $ 1.1 million. Attackers stole more than a million dollars (or 8 million Swedish kronor) using a classic phishing attack. Clients of Nordea Bank received emails on behalf of the administration, in which it was recommended to install a special program that supposedly protects customers from spam and Internet attacks. 250 people installed this app and lost their money. A trojan penetrated users' computers, collecting logins, passwords, account numbers, and pin codes. The bank owners suspect Russian hackers in this attack. 6. Attack on Citibank - $ 2 million. Attackers broke into ATMs and gained access to users' PIN codes. Theft of codes took more than six months. The exact number of stolen codes is still not known. The amount that the attackers managed to steal is more than $ 2 million. The suspects in this case were arrested in March 2008. This is Yuri Rakushchynets (Yuriy Rakushchynets), Ivan Biltse (Ivan Biltse) and Angelina Kitaeva (Angelina Kitaeva). 5. Attack over a wireless connection - £ 1.8 billion This attack was carried out as a result of connecting to the security system of the processing center of CardSystems Solutions Inc. The virus introduced into the system transmitted to the attackers data on the name of the credit card holder, bank and account number. As a result, attackers seized more than 40 million credit card numbers. Specialists called this crime the largest case of hacking and identity theft. Another attack of this kind was carried out in the United States, when 11 wireless attackers intruded into the computer networks of large stores - TJX Companies, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority. In both the first and second cases, stolen credit card numbers were sold on Russian and American sites. 4. ATM flash mob - $ 9 million Having gained access to numbers of more than 1.5 million salary bank cards and 1.1 million social security numbers, on the same day and hour, attackers withdrew cash in 49 cities of the USA from 130 ATMs. The entire operation lasted no more than 30 minutes. Money was transferred to accounts in the USA, Russia, Estonia, Ukraine. Specialists call this attack one of the most sophisticated in the world. 3. The second attack of Gonzalez - 130 million credit cards, 8 million pounds sterling Albert Gonzalez is a hacker who took part in a wireless attack on computer store chains (see paragraph 5). This year he was accused of another crime - as a result of an attack on the electronic settlement system Heartland Payment Systems of 7-Eleven and Hannaford Brothers retail chains, the attacker seized more than 130 million credit card numbers and withdrew from them an amount of £ 8 million. The hacker was arrested. $ 1.65 million in cash was seized from him during his arrest. 2. Ingenious exposure - closing of the Darkmarket forum, more than $ 70 million of saved money. This case is not a crime, but exposure. In 2008, the FBI and British police closed DarkMarket, a forum where hackers exchanged stolen financial information. At the same time, 56 cybercriminals were arrested in England, Germany, the USA and Turkey. As a result of the closing of the forum, frauds worth about $ 70 million were prevented. The site successfully worked for about three years. For the past two years, FBI employees have been communicating undercover on the site. Access to Darkmarket was only possible by personal invitation. 1. Brazilian Fisher - Over £ 30 Million The recently arrested Brazilian fisher, Valdir Paulo de Almeida, was the head of a criminal group suspected of stealing more than $ 37 million from bank accounts. His team included 18 hackers who used phishing attacks and trojans to steal money. This criminal gang daily sent users more than three million infected emails. The link is not valid

 

[Матушкин Андрей Николаевич]

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