Anti-anti-virus service provider tied to huge hacks cops plea
March 15th, 2018 By Lisa Vaas
A Russian coder who ran and franchised an anti-anti-virus service has pled guilty to one charge of conspiracy and one charge of aiding and abetting computer intrusion. The service let crooks check against dozens of brands of antivirus software to see if their malware would be detected and helped a range of malware slip through to bring about massive hacks.
Jurijs Martisevs was arrested on a trip to Latvia last April. Also arrested was fellow countryman Ruslans Bondars, who’s accused of running the service along with Martisevs and a third, unnamed, alleged co-conspirator in Virginia.
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