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Cyber criminals found in Latvia

  • 2009-08-04
  • TBT staff

The company also has ties to a larger Russian cyber gang

RIGA-One of the world's largest cyber-crime networks has been discovered in Latvia. A company called Real Host was found by researchers to have 3.6 million personal computers involved in a botnet called Zeus.

The Financial Times reports that Zeus has links to Rock Phish, a Russian group accused of nearly 50 percent of the worlds phishing scams stealing bank information and credit card details.

Currently security experts are unsure as to the extent of Real Hosts control of Zeus. However, authorities have uncovered several other cyber-criminal activities at the company which is currently undergoing investigation by Latvian computing authorities.  

Swedish company Telia, the company Real Hosts used to connect to the internet, is also investigated the criminal actions.

 

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