A Russian man accused of constructing hacking software program to steal passwords was extradited from Georgia to the U.S. the place he faces as much as 47 years in jail, reported the Justice Division.
Dariy Pankov, aka dpxaker, was charged with conspiracy and laptop fraud after allegedly making a malicious software program program, NLBrute, that compromised computer systems and siphoned off passwords, in keeping with the U.S. Legal professional for the Center District of Florida.
Mr. Pankov listed the login credentials of 35,000 compromised computer systems on the market on-line and picked up greater than $350,000.
“Pankov used NLBrute to acquire the login credentials of tens of hundreds of computer systems situated everywhere in the world,” the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace mentioned in an announcement Wednesday. “He marketed, offered and had others promote on his behalf NLBrute to different cybercriminals for a payment.”
Two Florida regulation corporations fell sufferer to his efforts, in keeping with an indictment. He tried to promote credentials for one unnamed regulation agency for $50 in January 2018 and sought to promote entry to a second unnamed agency for $19.25 in June 2018.
The Georgian authorities arrested Mr. Pankov final October and extradited him to America, the place he appeared in a Tampa, Florida, courtroom this week.
A federal choose on Wednesday ordered Mr. Pankov jailed whereas he awaits trial.
