The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said that hackers' savings will end on average at $ 1.2 million a year from bank accounts.
According to the investigation, the attackers found the bank's electronic payment accounting system unsafe by illegally transferring customer money to fake personal accounts or encrypting money. Hackers set up a botnet of infected computers to carry out illegal activities on the Internet. “Accordingly, team members steal an average of 30 million bank accounts ($ 1.2 million) each year,” a spokesman for SBU said Tuesday.
During ten searches in Kiev and the region, as well as in Lviv, law enforcement officers confiscated computer equipment and mobile devices that were used by team members in illegal activities. The seized equipment will now be sent for inspection.
Criminal proceedings have been opened. If convicted, they will be sentenced to six years in prison.
It is worth noting that the Ukrainian Security Service recently discovered a large number of Darknet-related hackers.
Group members and third parties used client hosting equipment to launch cyber attacks on Ukraine's critical infrastructure, as well as on Ukraine and the World Bank.
During the investigation, a group of activists were detained and, since 2011, have provided their clients with tools to host, administer and distribute malware, botnets and cyber attacks.
In particular, DDES attacked Ukraine's strategic capabilities and banking institutions in other countries. The specific hosting on the Darknet was called "ProHoster" and "Bulletproof.space".