New Agreement Allows for Malware Writers to be Extradited to U.S.
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 10/14/2015 08:53 AM [ Comments ]
Officials in the U.S. and Europe signed off on a data-protection agreement intended to lay out a process for how personally identifiable information (PII) is safeguarded when exchanged across borders.
The “Umbrella Agreement” is just one step in an evolving network of rules to aid in the prosecution of criminals and terrorists.
EU Commissioner Vera Jourová said: "Robust cooperation between the EU and the U.S. to fight crime and terrorism is crucial to keep Europeans safe.”
One of the alleged masterminds behind the creation of banking malware Dridex was arrested in Cyprus this past September. The unnamed 30-year-old Moldova man will now be extradited to the U.S.
The 27-year-old man only known as Mark, the creator of the banking malware Citadel, is set to be extradited to the U.S. as well.
Also last month, Deniss Calovskis, a 30-year-old arrested in February and extradited to the U.S. from Latvia, admitted in a federal court in New York that he was one of the coders responsible for Gozi, a trojan that infected more than a million machines worldwide five years ago.
According to a statement from the FBI, Calovskis and cohorts earned tens of millions of dollars distributing the malware.
Source: SCMagazine
EU Commissioner Vera Jourová said: "Robust cooperation between the EU and the U.S. to fight crime and terrorism is crucial to keep Europeans safe.”
One of the alleged masterminds behind the creation of banking malware Dridex was arrested in Cyprus this past September. The unnamed 30-year-old Moldova man will now be extradited to the U.S.
The 27-year-old man only known as Mark, the creator of the banking malware Citadel, is set to be extradited to the U.S. as well.
Also last month, Deniss Calovskis, a 30-year-old arrested in February and extradited to the U.S. from Latvia, admitted in a federal court in New York that he was one of the coders responsible for Gozi, a trojan that infected more than a million machines worldwide five years ago.
According to a statement from the FBI, Calovskis and cohorts earned tens of millions of dollars distributing the malware.
Source: SCMagazine
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