Hacker case: a citizen of Ukraine appeared before a court in the United States
3 June 2019, the Ukrainian Andrei Kolpakov, appeared before a federal court in Seattle, reports AIN. Previously, he was extradited from Spain.
Kolpakov is accused of hacker attacks, frode and identity theft. He worked in the FIN7 grouping.
What is known grouping
According to the FBI, FIN7 members stole up to 15 million credit cards when they attacked Chipotle, Arby's and Red Robin. The cards were then sold on underground marketplaces. Losses are estimated at tens of millions of dollars.
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FIN7 is described as one of the most cohesive and professional hacker groups. In the Wired cybercrime magazine, the attackers described it as follows:
They are not the most trained, not the most important experts on Internet safety, but they are professionals. Their activity is to come to work in the morning and steal credit card numbers.
What is known about the artists
The first arrests of FIN7 participants occurred in March 2018 of the year - then a group of hackers from Russia and Ukraine were arrested in 250 km from Madrid.
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About the arrest of Kolpakov became known in August 2018. Together with him, two more suspected Ukrainians were detained: Fyodor Gladyr in Germany and Dmitry Fyodorov in Poland. Gladyr appeared before a US court in October 2018 of the year, his sentence is unknown. Fedorov is awaiting extradition to the United States.
At the court hearing Kolpakov did not plead guilty. Official accusations brought him 10 June.
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