Creator of 1ms0rry miner virus arrested in Russia

The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the North Caucasus Federal District announced the completion of the investigation against the organizer of the hacker group and the creator of the 1MS0rry virus-master.

According to law enforcement, 20-Summer native of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania in 2017 year created harmful computer programs. Together with six accomplices, he distributed 2 100 instances of harmful software in the period from November 2017 March 2018 of the year, Receiving income in the amount of more 4.3 million rubles.

Although the name of the developer is not reported, Analyst of the CSISC Security Group cybersecurity company Benois Ansel (Benoit Ancel) considers, What is the hacker under the pseudonym 1MS0rry. He connects a hacker with 1MS0rry-Miner virus, stealing data, including cryptocurrency wallet files, N0F1L3 and Troyan Leaderbot.

Ansel notes, that the developer 1MS0rry sold viruses on Russian -speaking hacker forums. At the same time, its development was used to create even more complex viruses, Including Bumblebee, FelixHTTP и EnlightenedHTTP.

At the moment, the case has been sent for consideration to the Leninsky District Court of the city of Vladikavkaz of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. The developer is accused of a crime, stipulated by Part. 2 Art. 273 Uk RF "Ceremony, Using and distributing harmful computer programs ".

In early October, UNIT 42 reported, that the Black-T virus-Mainer received an update and can now steal the confidential data of users and disconnect other cryptodjing programs.