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Bredolab Botnet Operator Gets Jail Time in Armenia

Georgy Avanesov, 27, has been sentenced to four years in prison for creating and spreading the Bredolab virus. The bot herder was convicted of computer sabotage and will serve four years. The malware operations lead to the infection of an estimated 30 million computers around the world between March 2009 and October 2010. The sensitive information collected by the bot was sent to the attackers. This is the first case of a person jailed for cybercrime in Armenia.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/bredolab-botnet-operator-gets-jail-time-in-armenia/

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