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Mark Bryant-Heron and Clare Huntley prosecuted computer hackers who stole £2.5 million by using Trojan viruses

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Thirteen defendants, based in the Ukraine and UK, raided around 900 bank accounts by using Trojan viruses to infect bank account users’ computers to obtain confidential information.  The pin numbers for bank accounts were accessed and the money was then transferred to other accounts and withdrawn at cash machines. This was a highly organised and sophisticated crime. Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/877460-computer-hackers-stole-44million-by-discovering-bank-pins

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