A Swedish man who created a malware programme that infected half a million computers around the world was jailed for 57 months in New York on Tuesday for computer hacking.
Alex Yucel, 25, owned the organisation "Blackshades" that sold a sophisticated and pernicious form of malicious software, known as RAT, to several thousand people in more than 100 countries, prosecutors said.
The 25-year-old was arrested in Moldova in November 2013 and extradited to the United States. He initially pleaded not guilty to five counts but later confessed to computer hacking in February.
In exchange, his sentence of less than five years is far below the maximum 17 years in jail that he initially faced by going to trial.
- See more at: http://digital.asiaone.com/digital/news/swedish-malware-creator-jailed-57-months-new-yorkşthash.iWn6zvKK.dpufA Swedish man who created a malware programme that infected half a million computers around the world was jailed for 57 months in New York on Tuesday for computer hacking.
Alex Yucel, 25, owned the organisation "Blackshades" that sold a sophisticated and pernicious form of malicious software, known as RAT, to several thousand people in more than 100 countries, prosecutors said.
The 25-year-old was arrested in Moldova in November 2013 and extradited to the United States. He initially pleaded not guilty to five counts but later confessed to computer hacking in February.
In exchange, his sentence of less than five years is far below the maximum 17 years in jail that he initially faced by going to trial.
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