Another Russian admitted to the largest cyber theft in the US
Russian citizen Dmitry Smilyanets pleaded guilty to stealing 160 data of millions of bank cards as a result of one of the largest computer hacks in the US.
Confessions of evidence Smilyanets gave 16 September during the trial of him in federal court in Camden County, New Jersey.
A day earlier in the same court about his guilt said Another person involved in the case of a hacker attack is the Russian Vladimir Drinkman.
Sentences to Smilyanets and Drinkman are scheduled for mid-January, 2016.
On the basis of charges, the 32-year-old Smilyanets faces up to 30 years in prison and a multi-million fine.
According to the investigation, Smilyanets, Drinkman and three of their associates from 2005 to 2012 broke into the networks of several major companies, including Nasdaq, 7-Eleven, Carrefour and JC Penney. The damage from the actions of a group of hackers law enforcement agencies in the United States estimated at 300 million dollars.
Drinkman and Smilyanets were detained in the Netherlands in 2012, and then extradited to the United States. Initially, both persons involved in the case did not recognize their guilt.
In addition to Drinkman and Smilyanets, law enforcement agencies in the United States accused Russians Alexander Kalinin and Roman Kotov, as well as Ukrainian Mikhail Rytikov, in the hacker attack. The remaining persons involved in the case are at large.
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