DOJ Arrests Hackers Connected to Breach of Over 100 US Companies

DOJ Arrests Hackers Connected to Breach of Over 100 US Companies
Cyber code on a hooded man on May 13, 2017. Reuters/Kacper Pempel/Illustration
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
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Three members of an international cybercrime group known as “FIN7” have been arrested for hacking a number of U.S. companies, according to charges filed in the U.S. District Court in Seattle.

The men, allegedly high-ranking members of the hacking group, were each charged with 26 felony counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer hacking, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft, according to three federal indictments unsealed on Aug. 1. The members, all Ukrainian nationals, were identified as Dmytro Fedorov, 44, Fedir Hladyr, 33, and Andrii Kopakov, 30.
Bowen Xiao
Bowen Xiao
Reporter
Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
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