Cybersecurity
Hacker Whose Virus Aided Bank Heists Gets Cooperation Reward
- Malware infected more than 1 million computers worldwide
- Virus creator pleaded guilty, cooperated against underlings
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A Russian who admitted creating a computer virus that infected more than 1 million computers worldwide was spared from additional prison time on top of the the three years he’s already spent locked up after U.S. prosecutors lauded his cooperation with their probe.
Nikita Kuzmin, who was arrested in 2010 and pleaded guilty in 2011, was sentenced Monday to the 37 months he has served in custody. He was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood in Manhattan to pay $6.9 million in forfeiture and restitution.