From: DarkReading
A collaborative operation by international law enforcement agencies nabbed authors, staff members, and users of the popular software used for everything from blackmail to financial fraud.
A collaboration between the FBI and law enforcement agencies in 17 other countries has netted 90 arrests across the globe, all in association with the Blackshades remote access Trojan (RAT). The investigation was aided by one of the malware’s co-creators.
“We now live in a world where, for just $40, a cybercriminal halfway across the globe can, with just a click of the mouse, unleash a RAT that can spread a computer plague — not only on someone’s property but also on their privacy and their most personal spaces,” Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said today at a press conference in New York. “In such a world, the law enforcement community must be committed to confronting cybercrime with sustained dedication and creativity, and that is what we have done here.”
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